INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£35m
+5% vs 2024
Employees
502
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£16m
+88.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,919,000 | £151,379,000 | £165,482,000 | +9.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£206,000 | £9,120,000 | £16,684,000 | +82.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£678,000 | £8,383,000 | £15,794,000 | +88.4% | |
| Net profit | -£510,000 | £6,152,000 | £11,719,000 | +90.5% | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,359,000 | £51,870,000 | £49,508,000 | -4.6% | |
| Net assets | £35,404,000 | £33,494,000 | £35,165,000 | +5% | |
| Equity | £35,404,000 | £33,494,000 | £35,165,000 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 478 | 481 | 502 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £19,053,000 | £21,705,000 | £24,630,000 | +13.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £476,000 | £631,000 | £671,000 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £35,000 | £54,000 | £79,000 | +46.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £308,000 | £343,000 | £275,000 | -19.8% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 6.0% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 4.1% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | 17.6% | 33.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.5% | 64.3% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.01x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | -0.03x | 1.41x | 2.40x |
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
- INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED 2004-10-01 → present
- SURFACE SPECIALTIES LIMITED 2004-09-20 → 2004-10-01
- SURFACE SPECIALTIES PLC. 2003-05-06 → 2004-09-20
- UCB FILMS PLC 1992-01-01 → 2003-05-06
- BRITISH RAYOPHANE PLC 1933-01-09 → 1992-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- B M Howarth Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due until at least December 2027 and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Included within trade payables are balances totalling £16.1m that are subject to an arrangement between our suppliers and a credit institution.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Graeme | Director | 2025-01-15 | Feb 1963 | British |
| HUBER, Simon Alain | Director | 2019-01-02 | Feb 1988 | Swiss |
| JACKSON, Darren | Director | 2023-07-03 | Mar 1975 | British |
| MARTIN, Geoffrey Thomas | Director | 2017-02-28 | Jun 1954 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTON, David Michael | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2017-02-28 |
| STEWART SMITH, Rupert Ean | Secretary | — | 2000-11-30 |
| ARANZANA, Frank | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| BAYLIFF, Andrew Edward, Dr | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2019-05-04 |
| BEEBY, David George | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2015-03-31 |
| BIRKNER, Guenther Johann | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2017-09-18 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Velma Elizabeth | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2015-07-06 |
| BOWMAN, Christopher Wilson | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-02-28 |
| COPSON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2015-07-31 |
| DE LA HANAIDE, Thierry | Director | — | 1996-06-14 |
| FOX, William Russell | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2017-02-28 |
| HEATON, Dominic Mark | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2018-12-21 |
| HEWISON, Debbie Ellen | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| HYSLOP, Kerry | Director | 2024-05-07 | 2024-10-01 |
| JACOBS, Georges, Baron | Director | — | 2004-09-30 |
| JENNINGS, John | Director | 1993-04-30 | 2001-12-31 |
| LEITCH, Angus Martin | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2012-04-11 |
| LOWTHER, William | Director | — | 2010-10-12 |
| MIDDLETON, Wayne | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2020-02-10 |
| ROBINSON, Ian | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2016-10-31 |
| STEWART SMITH, Rupert Ean | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| TAYLER, Paul John | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-02-28 |
| THYS, Francois Luc Marie | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2003-04-24 |
| TURNBULL, Robert Stuart | Director | 1999-03-03 | 2010-06-18 |
| VAN ASSCHE, Ben Charles | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| VERSET, Philippe | Director | — | 1993-08-13 |
| WALES, John Christopher | Director | 1999-03-03 | 2012-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovia Films (Holding) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.