VISCOSE CLOSURES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2M
+20.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.5M
-10.4% vs 2024
Employees
42
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£320K
-49.9% 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 | £6,730,000 | £6,587,000 | -2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £714,000 | £400,000 | -44% | |
| Profit before tax | £639,000 | £320,000 | -49.9% | |
| Net profit | £526,000 | £235,000 | -55.3% | |
| Cash | £1,010,000 | £1,215,000 | +20.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,146,000 | £7,320,000 | +2.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,119,000 | £5,482,000 | -10.4% | |
| Equity | £6,119,000 | £5,482,000 | -10.4% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 42 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | £1,374,000 | £1,482,000 | +7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £107,034 | £113,161 | +5.7% |
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 | 10.6% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.4% | 34.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.02x | 5.56x | |
| Interest cover | 9.52x | 5.00x |
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
- VISCOSE CLOSURES LIMITED 1985-01-02 → present
- BEALAW (103) LIMITED 1984-09-13 → 1985-01-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bevan Buckland Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “A new bank loan totalling £1,060,050 was received in March 2025. The previous two bank loans were paid off immediately. The remaining loan funding was used as working capital, allowing the company to close it's invoice discount facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Sara | Secretary | 2024-01-04 | — | — |
| BLACKMORE, Emma | Director | 2024-01-04 | Jul 1986 | British |
| JORDAN, Keith Stuart | Director | 2019-09-06 | Jun 1952 | British |
| ROBERTS, Philip John | Director | 2023-04-18 | Sep 1965 | British |
| VISCOSE HOLDINGS LTD | Corporate Director | 2014-12-15 | — | — |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKMORE, Emma | Secretary | 2022-09-12 | 2024-01-04 |
| BLAKEN, Stephen Graham | Secretary | 2013-09-03 | 2014-07-18 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas | Secretary | 2018-10-09 | 2022-09-12 |
| EVANS, Paul | Secretary | 2014-07-18 | 2015-10-16 |
| FOALE, Keith | Secretary | — | 2011-11-24 |
| GORMAN, Dorothy | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2011-11-24 |
| MORGAN, Robert Glyn | Secretary | 2015-10-28 | 2017-01-01 |
| ROSE, Jessica | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2018-10-09 |
| BALDWIN, Stephen John | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2014-12-05 |
| BLAKEN, Stephen Graham | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2014-07-18 |
| BOSTOCK, Christopher Ingram | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
| CARTWRIGHT, William John | Director | 2012-03-20 | 2012-11-14 |
| CARTWRIGHT, William John | Director | 1993-01-18 | 2011-11-24 |
| CHESHIRE, Bryan Brandon | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
| CHESS, Anthony George | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2001-11-16 |
| COLMAN, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2005-10-19 |
| CONNOR, Francis Michael | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
| CRAVEN, Peter | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas Mervyn James | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2022-09-12 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas Mervyn James | Director | 2018-10-09 | 2018-10-09 |
| FOALE, Keith | Director | — | 2011-11-24 |
| JORDAN, Keith Stuart | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2014-02-03 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Ian | Director | 1992-09-29 | 1993-06-11 |
| MINCHELLA, Vincent Bernard Sidney | Director | 2020-03-19 | 2022-05-05 |
| PATTERSON, William Albert | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
| ROWLANDS, Gareth | Director | 2011-11-24 | 2013-06-24 |
| ROYALL-STANIFORTH, Jacqueline | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2019-09-06 |
| SCOTT, Peter Melrose | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2013-06-24 |
| STIRLING ROBERTS, Ann | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| VISCOSE HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-06-24 | 2014-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance Wales Investments (6) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-20 |
| Viscose Sleeving Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.