VP PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£153k
-62% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£203k
+157.5% first positive since 2024
Employees
36
-14.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2m
-194.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £8,955,990 | £7,500,637 | £6,638,864 | -11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £336,785 | -£515,028 | -£1,834,821 | -256.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £108,289 | -£694,786 | -£2,043,225 | -194.1% | |
| Net profit | £3,822 | -£612,909 | -£2,043,301 | -233.4% | |
| Cash | £349,676 | £402,133 | £152,967 | -62% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £260,424 | -£347,399 | £209,307 | +160.2% | |
| Net assets | £259,456 | -£353,453 | £203,246 | +157.5% | |
| Equity | £259,456 | -£353,453 | £203,246 | +157.5% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 42 | 36 | -14.3% | |
| Wages | £1,326,701 | £1,261,277 | £1,305,428 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £139,500 | £120,000 | -14% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £1,321 | £1,321 | 0% |
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 | 3.8% | -6.9% | -27.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -8.2% | -30.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 129.3% | — | -876.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.2% | 109.6% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.71x | 0.67x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 1.47x | -2.87x | -8.76x |
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
- VP PACKAGING LIMITED 2011-03-08 → present
- AROFOL LIMITED 1984-02-28 → 2011-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ellacotts Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of these scenarios, the company's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due is dependent upon continued financial support from its parent company, Vereinigte Papierwarenfabriken GmbH, which has confirmed its intention to provide such support for at least twelve months”
Significant events
- “The company received a capital contribution of £2,600,000 in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FILIPCZUK, Przemyslaw | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1981 | Polish |
| RUSSELL, Martin William | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1968 | English |
| SCHULTE-RENTROP, Simon | Director | 2018-03-01 | Dec 1987 | German |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODYEAR, Christine | Secretary | 1993-08-04 | 2000-07-25 |
| KING, Valerie Joan | Secretary | — | 1993-07-19 |
| BARLOW ROBBINS SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-07-25 | 2012-11-13 |
| BRANDL, Heiko | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2020-11-30 |
| KING, Paul Herbert | Director | — | 1993-07-19 |
| KING, Valerie Joan | Director | — | 1993-07-19 |
| KURZ, Alexander Hubert | Director | 2010-01-25 | 2011-03-24 |
| KURZ, Florian Karl Ferdinand | Director | 2010-01-25 | 2011-03-24 |
| KURZ, Hubert August-Otto | Director | 1993-08-04 | 2010-01-25 |
| KURZ, Wolfgang Carl-Otto | Director | 1993-08-04 | 2000-02-28 |
| SCHJOTZ-PEDERSEN, Ib | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2018-12-31 |
| SCHLUND, Philip | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Karl Ferdinand Kurz | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-11-20 | Active |
| Alexander Hubert Kurz | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-11-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | 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.