BYWAYS GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-23 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-09
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+19% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
-13.8% vs 2023
Employees
183
+0.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£388K
-171.9% vs 2023
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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £10,520,524 | £11,463,389 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £422,112 | -£466,285 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £539,432 | -£387,850 | |
| Net profit | — | -£106,155 | £551,679 | £115,706 | -£615,927 | |
| Cash | — | £949,142 | £878,242 | £2,075,691 | £2,470,650 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £632,343 | £501,855 | £6,372,844 | £5,314,355 | |
| Net assets | — | £632,343 | £501,855 | £5,877,954 | £5,068,735 | |
| Equity | £1,100,576 | £632,343 | £501,855 | £5,877,954 | £5,068,735 | |
| Average employees | — | 55 | 46 | 182 | 183 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,680,910 | £2,840,694 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £54,512 | £49,909 |
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
+9%
£10,520,524 £11,463,389
-
Cash
+19%
£2,075,691 £2,470,650
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-13.8%
£5,877,954 £5,068,735
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Employees
+0.5%
182 183
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-210.5%
£422,112 -£466,285
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Profit before tax
-171.9%
£539,432 -£387,850
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Wages
+6%
£2,680,910 £2,840,694
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 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 4.0% | -4.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.1% | -5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 6.6% | -8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 31.1% | 35.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.34x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 15.31x | -17.24x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BYWAYS GROUP LTD 2019-10-29 → present
- BYWAYS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2005-11-22 → 2019-10-29
- R-PAC UK LIMITED 2004-04-22 → 2005-11-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BYWAYS GROUP LTD · parent
- Byways Far East Limited 100%
- Byways India Private Limited 100%
- Byways Istanbul Etiket Aksesuar Pazarlama A.S. 99.65%
- Byways UK Limited 100%
- Byways Printing Company Limited 100%
- Byways Bangladesh Limited 99.9%
- Labelistic Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Byways continues to strive to be at the cutting edge of innovation with entry into the world of Digital Product Passports (DPP) via a strategic partnership with Buyerdock. We are expecting this relationship to generate revenue in 2026 and beyond.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, Mark Paul | Director | 2006-10-23 | Feb 1963 | British |
| FREER, Simon Andrew | Director | 2010-05-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, Anita | Secretary | 2006-10-23 | 2024-12-01 |
| MILNE, Michele | Secretary | 2004-04-22 | 2006-10-23 |
| COHEN, Anita | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2024-12-01 |
| COHEN, Anthony | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2006-11-01 |
| GERSHINSON, Richard Stephen | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2010-04-01 |
| HALL, Anthony John | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| HAYDAY, Roy James | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2011-02-07 |
| HYDE, David Brian Timothy | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2021-06-30 |
| MAHON, Sharon | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2012-12-13 |
| SANFORD, Clive Stephen | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-01-13 |
| WALKER, David | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2018-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anita Cohen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-03-08 | Ceased 2024-12-01 |
| Mr Mark Paul Cohen | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-16 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.