CLIFFE PACKAGING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
Cash
£61K
-22.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-8.3% vs 2023
Employees
19
+5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£162K
-74.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £14,663,782 | £14,384,973 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £752,974 | £312,687 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £633,406 | £162,232 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £480,765 | £101,753 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £79,097 | £61,499 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £2,006,679 | £1,770,358 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £1,781,217 | £1,633,370 | |
| Equity | £925,898 | £1,049,453 | £1,381,630 | — | £1,382,162 | £1,781,217 | £1,633,370 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £700,684 | £731,708 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £54,600 | £65,361 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.9%
£14,663,782 £14,384,973
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Cash
-22.2%
£79,097 £61,499
-
Net assets
-8.3%
£1,781,217 £1,633,370
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Employees
+5.6%
18 19
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Operating profit
-58.5%
£752,974 £312,687
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Profit before tax
-74.4%
£633,406 £162,232
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Wages
+4.4%
£700,684 £731,708
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.3% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 37.5% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 70.4% | 76.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.40x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 6.30x | 2.08x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- CLIFFE PACKAGING LIMITED 2011-02-01 → present
- CLIFFE INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING LIMITED 2005-09-06 → 2011-02-01
- WILLDAN LIMITED 2003-09-24 → 2005-09-06
- DAWBER LIMITED 2003-07-11 → 2003-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CLIFFE PACKAGING LIMITED · parent
- Willdan Limited 100%
- Bag Supplies Limited 100%
- Locpac Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 19 March 2024 the group acquired the business of Locpac Limited, which immediately hived up its business.”
- “During the year the company entered into forward contracts to buy Euro and Dollar at a certain rate.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOTHERSALL, Robert Ian | Secretary | 2015-09-01 | — | — |
| DAWBER, David Karl | Director | 2003-10-07 | Mar 1963 | English |
| DAWBER, Philip Joseph | Director | 2003-10-07 | Sep 1964 | English |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDGOOD, Stuart | Secretary | 2003-10-07 | 2005-08-31 |
| HEAFEY, David Gregory | Secretary | 2005-08-31 | 2015-05-14 |
| RUSSELL, Rosalind Pearl | Secretary | 2003-07-11 | 2003-10-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-07-11 | 2003-07-11 |
| BIDGOOD, Stuart | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2014-08-28 |
| DOUGHTY, Ian Stormont | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-01-15 |
| MEIR, Andrew | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2010-06-16 |
| MILLS, Michael William | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2006-11-24 |
| SHEPPARD, Peter Gayfer | Director | 2003-07-11 | 2003-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Collette Dawber | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-06 |
| Mr Philip Joseph Dawber | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-06 |
| Mr David Karl Dawber | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Stuart Bidgood | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2020-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.