LESTA PACKAGING PLC
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Cash
£985k
+9% vs 2025
Net assets
£9.7m
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
38
+2.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£914k
-15.1% lowest in 3 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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,785,565 | £15,599,085 | £18,645,727 | +19.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,406,390 | £1,355,793 | £1,156,124 | -14.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,122,182 | £1,076,496 | £913,747 | -15.1% | |
| Net profit | £912,113 | £701,501 | £652,998 | -6.9% | |
| Cash | £1,506,736 | £903,549 | £984,914 | +9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,149,477 | £10,702,955 | £11,151,169 | +4.2% | |
| Net assets | £8,377,334 | £9,044,965 | £9,661,463 | +6.8% | |
| Equity | £8,377,334 | £9,044,965 | £9,661,463 | +6.8% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 37 | 38 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £1,123,424 | £1,112,620 | £1,260,962 | +13.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £48,010 | £27,573 | £31,956 | +15.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,117 | £469 | £498 | +6.2% |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 8.7% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 4.5% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 12.7% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.8% | 44.2% | 40.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.78x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 4.95x | 4.85x | 4.77x |
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
- LESTA PACKAGING PLC 2003-04-09 → present
- LESTA PACKAGING LIMITED 1978-10-23 → 2003-04-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company can remain viable, profitable and a going concern for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following the year end, the entire issued capital of Lesta Packaging PLC was transferred to Lesta Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIMAHOMED, Khairoonisha Farouk | Secretary | — | — | British |
| ALIMAHOMED, Mahomed Farouk | Director | — | Sep 1949 | British |
| ALIMAHOMED, Osman Farouk | Director | 2004-06-17 | Jan 1985 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIMAHOMED, Shakeel Osman | Director | 1994-06-30 | 2009-11-30 |
| ALIMAHOMED, Shiraz Omar | Director | — | 2009-11-30 |
| BARLOW, Derek Horace | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2006-08-26 |
| JOOSUB, Zaheed Aboobaker | Director | 1993-04-30 | 1997-04-30 |
| KALA, Unis | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1997-04-30 |
| MANGAN, Alan Francis | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2008-06-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesta Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-06-16 | Active |
| Mr Osman Farouk Alimahomed | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-06-16 |
| Mr Mahomed Farouk Alimahomed | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.