ESTERFORM PACKAGING LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  -19.5%

  £102,306,000 → £82,407,000

• Cash

  +161%

  £580,000 → £1,514,000

• Net assets

  +47.6%

  £1,368,000 → £2,019,000

• Employees

  +1.4%

  212 → 215

• Operating profit

  +18%

  £6,610,000 → £7,798,000

• Profit before tax

  +104.5%

  -£3,468,000 → £156,000

• Wages

  +13.1%

  £7,641,000 → £8,644,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

1. ESTERFORM PACKAGING LIMITED 1998-11-20 → present
2. THE DESIGNWORX LIMITED 1998-09-07 → 1998-11-20

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In June 2024, the directors agreed on a new credit facility totalling £31.2m with Santander. This facility, along with improved financial performance and forecasts, supports the preparation of financial statements on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed the companies forecasts and projects, which extend greater than twelve months from the date of the financial statements and the directors consider that the Company will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. ESTERFORM PACKAGING LIMITED · parent
   1. Pet Plas Packaging Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
   2. PrimePac Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacturer of plastic packing goods
   3. Esterform Polska Sp.z.o.o 90% · Poland · Manufacturer of plastic packaging

Significant events

• “The company is pleased to announce the acquisition of Primepac Limited which will broaden the group's product offering and expand the customer base whilst continuing to focus on the customer requirements.”
• “Biffa Waste Services Limited took a significant minority stake in the group in April 2023 and the Directors re-financed the group in June 2024 by agreeing a new credit facility totalling £31.2m with Santander.”
• “On 16 August 2024, the company acquired 100% of the issued share capital of PrimePac Limited for £3,469k from a related party that has common shareholders and directors. The consideration was paid by full and final settlement of an amount owing to the company from the related party at the date of the transaction.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.