PUSTERLA 1880 UK LTD
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Cash
£3.1m
+52.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£9.7m
-691.3% vs 2024
Employees
99
-58.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£19m
-149.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,933,000 | £11,503,000 | -47.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£7,112,000 | -£18,504,000 | -160.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,606,000 | -£18,990,000 | -149.7% | |
| Net profit | -£7,475,000 | -£18,990,000 | -154% | |
| Cash | £2,042,000 | £3,109,000 | +52.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,738,000 | -£6,327,000 | -153.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,638,000 | -£9,686,000 | -691.3% | |
| Equity | £1,638,000 | -£9,686,000 | -691.3% | |
| Average employees | 237 | 99 | -58.2% | |
| Wages | £7,402,000 | £3,621,000 | -51.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £115,000 | £131,000 | +13.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,000 | £0 | -100% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -32.4% | -160.9% | |
| Net margin | -34.1% | -165.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -60.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.7% | 182.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.37x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | -14.40x | -38.07x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PUSTERLA 1880 UK LTD 2016-01-07 → present
- THE LONDON FANCY BOX COMPANY LIMITED 1928-05-23 → 2016-01-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Affinia (Crawley)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- PUSTERLA 1880 UK LTD · parent
- Leicester Fancy Box Company Limited 100%
- Pollard Boxes Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following a review of the recoverable value of the investment during the year, it was concluded that the carrying value was no longer supportable. Accordingly, the investment was fully impaired and written off in the current financial year. The impairment charge recognised in the year amounted to £15,480,000”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARINI, Roberto | Director | 2013-10-23 | Sep 1967 | Italian |
| RICE, Samantha Marie | Director | 2015-07-22 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNETT, Elizabeth Sheila | Secretary | 2016-03-31 | 2016-06-14 |
| LAWSON, Matthew Jeremy | Secretary | — | 2016-03-31 |
| DIXON, Andrew John | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| DUNCAN, Colin Philip Bryan | Director | 1998-04-08 | 2018-10-31 |
| ELIAS, Harry | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| FORD, Scott James | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| GREEN, Basil John | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1999-11-26 |
| HARRIS, John Raymond | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| JUKES, Michael Kenneth | Director | 1993-04-07 | 2012-04-04 |
| LAWSON, Christopher Gray | Director | — | 2015-02-28 |
| LAWSON, Jeremy Thomas | Director | — | 1993-04-19 |
| LAWSON, John Keith | Director | — | 1996-04-24 |
| LAWSON, Matthew Jeremy | Director | — | 2016-03-31 |
| LAWSON, Timothy Robin | Director | — | 1996-04-24 |
| TERRY, Robin Stuart | Director | — | 2014-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roberto Marini | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
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.