FOUR04 PACKAGING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
Cash
£338K
-66.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£778K
-65.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
19
-85.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
+76.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As mentioned in the future developments section above, the Directors intend to wind down and liquidate the Company after the reporting date and, therefore, do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. Based on the business strategic decision made by the Directors, Four04 Packaging Limited will cease to trade from the early part of 2026.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £23,216,331 | £23,901,424 | £27,876,000 | £1,380,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,008,380 | £1,060,019 | -£5,630,000 | -£1,316,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £886,951 | £1,569,351 | -£5,967,000 | -£1,414,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £701,886 | £1,317,722 | -£5,748,000 | -£1,468,000 | |
| Cash | — | £280,628 | £285,133 | £1,009,000 | £338,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,813,721 | £4,886,042 | £2,345,000 | £923,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,939,075 | £4,300,098 | £2,246,000 | £778,000 | |
| Equity | £2,479,189 | £2,939,075 | £4,300,098 | £2,246,000 | £778,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 108 | 114 | 134 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | £3,302,683 | £3,932,132 | £5,384,000 | £589,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £263,725 | £227,464 | £116,000 | — |
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
-95%
£27,876,000 £1,380,000
lowest in 4 filed years
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Cash
-66.5%
£1,009,000 £338,000
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Net assets
-65.4%
£2,246,000 £778,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-85.8%
134 19
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+76.6%
-£5,630,000 -£1,316,000
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Profit before tax
+76.3%
-£5,967,000 -£1,414,000
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Wages
-89.1%
£5,384,000 £589,000
lowest in 4 filed years
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% | 4.4% | -20.2% | -95.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.0% | 5.5% | -20.6% | -106.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 26.4% | 21.7% | -240.1% | -142.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 77.1% | 82.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.31x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.30x | 18.37x | -16.71x | -7.79x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As mentioned in the future developments section above, the Directors intend to wind down and liquidate the Company after the reporting date and, therefore, do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. Based on the business strategic decision made by the Directors, Four04 Packaging Limited will cease to trade from the early part of 2026.”
Group structure
- FOUR04 PACKAGING LIMITED · parent
- Polyprint Mailing Films Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Closure of Norwich manufacturing facility in December 2023. Company acted as an agent under IFRS15 for 2024-2025. Directors decided Four04 Packaging Limited will cease to trade from early 2026, transferring operations to other Coveris Group companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLATHERWICK, Antony James | Director | 2023-04-21 | Jan 1970 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Robert | Director | 2025-05-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| VICKERY, Ian | Director | 2023-04-21 | Jul 1967 | British |
| WOLFRAM, Nikolaus | Director | 2025-02-01 | Mar 1974 | Austrian |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COXON, Donna Marie | Secretary | 2004-04-27 | 2013-07-11 |
| ARBANAS, Igor | Director | 2023-01-16 | 2025-01-31 |
| COXON, Sean Michael | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2023-04-21 |
| HAMER, Simon | Director | 2023-04-21 | 2025-01-01 |
| HARRISON, Anne Louise | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-04-21 |
| IBBOTSON, Joe David | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2021-05-07 |
| IBBOTSON, Peter Robert Joseph | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2021-05-07 |
| KOLARIK, Christian | Director | 2021-05-07 | 2023-01-16 |
| OTTO, Thomas | Director | 2021-05-07 | 2024-04-30 |
| SMITH, Keith | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2013-06-25 |
| WILSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2023-04-21 |
| WURMITZER, Joerg | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coveris Flexibles Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-05-07 | Active |
| Mr Sean Michael Coxon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-07 |
| Mr Peter Robert Joseph Ibbotson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.