COPERION UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20M
Equity attributable
Employees
319
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £38,988,425 | — | £28,069,237 | £38,323,467 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,983,869 | — | -£5,200,563 | -£5,028,431 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£3,290,133 | — | £13,726,704 | -£4,434,862 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,345,795 | — | £12,846,280 | -£4,323,733 | |
| Cash | — | £3,359,327 | — | £3,081,078 | £21,614,105 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £20,643,001 | — | £33,635,624 | £30,451,515 | |
| Net assets | — | £11,231,113 | — | £24,077,393 | £19,753,660 | |
| Equity | £13,576,908 | £11,231,113 | £11,231,113 | £24,077,393 | £19,753,660 | |
| Average employees | — | 341 | — | 327 | 319 | |
| Wages | — | £13,279,260 | — | £9,864,895 | £13,285,054 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £327,000 | — | £82,428 | £115,566 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -7.7% | — | -18.5% | -13.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -6.0% | — | 45.8% | -11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -14.5% | — | -15.5% | -16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 54.0% | 53.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.29x | 2.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | -9.46x | — | -7.18x | -15.67x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-09-01
- COPERION UK LIMITED 2025-09-01 → present
- BAKER PERKINS LIMITED 2006-03-03 → 2025-09-01
- 425678 LIMITED 2006-02-14 → 2006-03-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's ultimate parent, Hillenbrand Inc, has confirmed it intends to provide support wherever necessary to ensure that the company will continue to be able to pay all debts as they fall due for a period not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As a result of the above, the directors have deemed it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COPERION UK LIMITED · parent
- Baker Perkins SAS 100%
Significant events
- “Following the acquisition of the Group within which the company resides by Hillenbrand Inc, the company's investment in Baker Perkins Inc, a company incorporated in the United States of America, was sold to a fellow Group company, recording a profit of £19.6m which was shown in the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the 9 month period to September 2023.”
- “One RIDDOR (Reporting of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) accident occurred this period compared to one in the previous year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Philip Adrian | Director | 2025-02-03 | Feb 1973 | British |
| THOMSON, Martin | Director | 2022-06-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-02-14 | 2015-04-01 |
| BASSETT, Daniel Peter, Mr. | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2022-05-31 |
| COWX, John Embleton | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2020-11-16 |
| PLANT, Michael Terance | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| SPOONER, David John | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2024-11-30 |
| TAYLOR, Brian Reginald | Director | 2006-02-27 | 2015-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Perkins Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Schwarzman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-16 | Ceased 2023-09-01 |
| Stephen Schwarzman | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-16 | Ceased 2021-03-17 |
| Baker Perkins Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-16 |
| Mr John Embleton Cowx | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2024-12-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.