COTEK PAPERS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8M
-12.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.8M
+5.7% vs 2024
Employees
51
+4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+7.5% vs 2024
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 | £12,476,768 | £13,136,742 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £890,933 | £972,983 | +9.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £995,103 | £1,069,322 | +7.5% | |
| Net profit | £740,107 | £787,210 | +6.4% | |
| Cash | £3,180,765 | £2,772,249 | -12.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,540,847 | £8,060,702 | +6.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,351,363 | £7,768,573 | +5.7% | |
| Equity | £7,351,363 | £7,768,573 | +5.7% | |
| Average employees | 49 | 51 | +4.1% | |
| Wages | £1,892,142 | £2,048,356 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £145,399 | £166,380 | +14.4% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.4% | 17.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.60x | 4.92x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore have a strong expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to trade profitably for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A new narrow coil slitting machine, ordered in late 2023, was installed during the first quarter of 2025 and fully operational by the end of the year.”
- “Additional investment in the IT infrastructure, together with ongoing process improvements across the business, has strengthened the Company operational capability and service proposition.”
- “The Company also became a participant in the Climate Change Levy (CCL) scheme for the first time, further strengthening measurement and focus in its ongoing programme to reduce energy consumption.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATER, Karl Jamerson | Director | 2023-08-22 | Jul 1970 | British |
| SODING, Jörg Stefan | Director | 2021-11-08 | Nov 1973 | German |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAZELL, Scott Ewart | Secretary | — | 2021-11-08 |
| CATTLE, Paul Arthur William | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2023-10-30 |
| HAZELL, Adam Surtees, Dr | Director | — | 2021-11-08 |
| HAZELL, Marian Rosalind | Director | — | 2020-06-24 |
| HAZELL, Scott Ewart | Director | — | 2021-11-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jörg Stefan Soding | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-08 | Active |
| Dr Adam Surtees Hazell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-23 | Ceased 2021-11-08 |
| Mr Scott Ewart Hazell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-18 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-01-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.