GPI HIGHBRIDGE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.6M
-25.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4.8M
-9.3% vs 2023
Employees
29
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£493K
-119.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,959,000 | £7,862,000 | -12.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£235,000 | -£714,000 | -203.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£225,000 | -£493,000 | -119.1% | |
| Net profit | -£223,000 | -£494,000 | -121.5% | |
| Cash | £3,422,000 | £2,553,000 | -25.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,428,000 | £4,935,000 | -9.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,336,000 | £4,842,000 | -9.3% | |
| Equity | £5,336,000 | £4,842,000 | -9.3% | |
| Average employees | 29 | 29 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,467,000 | £1,501,000 | +2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £61,000 | £64,000 | +4.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.6% | -9.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.3% | -14.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.0% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.48x | 3.86x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- GPI HIGHBRIDGE LIMITED 2022-09-06 → present
- AR PACKAGING HIGHBRIDGE LIMITED 2020-03-24 → 2022-09-06
- FLEXTRUS LIMITED 2008-04-28 → 2020-03-17
- BARICOL LIMITED 2007-12-13 → 2008-04-28
- AMCOR FLEXIBLES BARICOL LIMITED 2007-09-14 → 2007-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“No material uncertainties that cast doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern has been identified by the directors.”
Significant events
- “2024 performance proved to be a difficult trading year for the company with the financial results continuing the trend from the latter part of 2023. The company posted an end of year operating loss of £714k.”
- “Raw material costs increased during the first half of the year which added to the negative impact on Gross Margin. RM prices fell back in the second half of the year & have stabilised since.”
- “The introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in 2024 has been slow to have a major impact on the demand for the company's manufactured non recyclable flexible films, though this is expected to impact over the coming years as the full cost burden of EPR for brand owners become apparent.”
- “Other geopolitical events such as the war in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza adds both uncertainty to future supplies and have impacted the inflationary environment in the UK, which in turn has driven a downturn in the UK economic outlook.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOADER, David Gary | Secretary | 2013-01-29 | — | — |
| CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-08-27 | — | — |
| FORSGARD, Tomas | Director | 2018-11-13 | Oct 1966 | Finnish |
| YOST, Joseph P | Director | 2024-08-31 | Oct 1967 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMBLETON-SMITH, Simon Michael | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| JAMES, Stanley William | Secretary | 2007-10-09 | 2008-06-02 |
| CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-03-24 | 2025-08-27 |
| INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-09-14 | 2007-10-09 |
| ASP, Leif Inge | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2024-06-12 |
| EMBLETON-SMITH, Simon Michael | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| NYSTROM, Per Olof | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2018-09-04 |
| RAHM, Maud Elisabeth Marianne, Md | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2018-10-17 |
| SPRATT, David | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2008-06-02 |
| WILLNER, Lars Wilhelm | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2012-12-31 |
| INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-09-14 | 2007-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gpi International Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-05 | Active |
| Ar Packaging Group Ab | Corporate entity | Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-06 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-06 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.