AMBERLEY ADHESIVE LABELS LIMITED
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Cash
£174k
-65.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.7m
-36% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
57
+3.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+4.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,977,000 | £7,230,000 | £8,521,000 | +17.9% | |
| Operating profit | £936,000 | £1,163,000 | £1,714,000 | +47.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,420,000 | £1,719,000 | £1,791,000 | +4.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,309,000 | £1,588,000 | £466,000 | -70.7% | |
| Cash | £366,000 | £503,000 | £174,000 | -65.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,936,000 | £5,613,000 | £4,062,000 | -27.6% | |
| Net assets | £11,670,000 | £4,258,000 | £2,724,000 | -36% | |
| Equity | £11,670,000 | £4,258,000 | £2,724,000 | -36% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 55 | 57 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £2,028,000 | £2,033,000 | £2,257,000 | +11% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £127,000 | £123,000 | £146,000 | +18.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 0% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 16.1% | 20.1% | |
| Net margin | 18.8% | 22.0% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 20.7% | 42.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.9% | 34.6% | 51.2% | |
| Current ratio | 14.26x | 3.91x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 8.14x | 9.53x | 15.58x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AMBERLEY ADHESIVE LABELS LIMITED 2004-05-04 → present
- AAL (H) LIMITED 2002-03-27 → 2004-05-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having secured a solid first 3 months in 2026 and with the overall forecast to grow sales in the year by 8.3%, which is driven by already secured growth with multinational corporations (MNCs), the Directors have assessed key ongoing factors such as liquidity, revenue and profitability as well as considering appropriate sensitivities on these measures.”
Significant events
- “On the 2 March 2026, Coveris Group completed the sale of the Company and others within the BU Paper to Kingswood Capital Management L.P.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNRIGG, Mark David | Director | 2026-05-19 | Mar 1973 | British |
| JOY, Andrew Ian | Director | 2019-07-31 | Dec 1967 | British |
| ORMROD, Joanne | Director | 2022-07-14 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATEHOUSE, Oliver Andrew | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2019-07-31 |
| HENSTRIDGE, David William | Secretary | 2002-03-27 | 2015-04-30 |
| GELLER, Richard Henry | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2015-04-30 |
| HENSTRIDGE, David William | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2015-04-30 |
| OLIVER, Stephen | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2016-04-28 |
| PATTERSON, Dennis | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2022-12-31 |
| RICHARDS, David Leslie | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| SMITH, Trevor William James | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2019-10-31 |
| STRONG, Christopher John | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2010-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helios Uk Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-02 | Active |
| Coveris Flexibles Holdings Uk Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-31 | Ceased 2026-03-02 |
| Mr Trevor William James Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-16 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-10 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.