ORIGIN PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
+22% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.4m
+47% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
42
+7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.7m
+135.5% highest in 6 filed years
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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,087,200 | £25,723,902 | £21,122,432 | £21,554,617 | £21,336,188 | £25,165,800 | +17.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,138,743 | -£268,238 | £1,270,139 | £1,829,150 | £1,617,677 | £3,724,626 | +130.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,091,942 | -£351,098 | £1,185,666 | £1,273,447 | £1,589,950 | £3,744,289 | +135.5% | |
| Net profit | £971,223 | £79,683 | £982,249 | £1,023,050 | £1,197,044 | £2,840,029 | +137.3% | |
| Cash | £2,427,009 | £618,129 | £1,077,810 | £1,925,171 | £1,527,394 | £1,863,717 | +22% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,078,362 | £10,292,096 | £10,493,245 | £9,459,727 | £8,867,959 | £10,012,143 | +12.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,422,227 | £3,501,911 | £3,704,157 | £3,947,207 | £4,344,275 | £6,384,304 | +47% | |
| Equity | £3,422,228 | £3,501,911 | £3,704,157 | £3,947,207 | £4,344,275 | £6,384,304 | +47% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 42 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £1,471,266 | £1,613,813 | £1,530,973 | £1,631,953 | £1,707,391 | £2,040,594 | +19.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £59,853 | £39,860 | £55,616 | £56,976 | £56,935 | £74,826 | +31.4% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | -1.0% | 6.0% | 8.5% | 7.6% | 14.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 0.3% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.7% | -2.6% | 12.1% | 19.3% | 18.2% | 37.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.5% | 76.3% | 74.6% | 69.7% | 65.1% | 53.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.42x | 2.47x | 2.88x | |
| Interest cover | 22.73x | -3.24x | 15.04x | 14.77x | 51.32x | — |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rackhams Accountants Limited
- 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...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POCOCK, Timothy James | Director | 2009-12-08 | Nov 1967 | British |
| WADE, Keith Ryan | Director | 2010-02-08 | Jul 1982 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POCOCK, Joseph William | Director | 2010-02-08 | 2010-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Packaging Global Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-09-23 | Active |
| Paragon Packaging Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-23 |
| Mr Joseph William Pocock | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Timothy James Pocock | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Keith Ryan Wade | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.