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DURHAM BOX COMPANY LIMITED

#02374363 · Active · Incorporated 1989-04-20 (37y 6m) · Last filing 2026-09-15 (1mo ago)
Basic Materials · SIC 17219 · C Manufacturing · Medium accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-01-19 (in 3 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£1.6m

-29.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£9.2m

-12.6% vs 2024

Employees

104

-1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1.6m

-40.3% vs 2024

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £13,614,576£18,779,031£18,756,126£18,463,959£20,629,289£21,000,135 +1.8%
Operating profit £1,800,951£1,859,676£1,513,079£3,333,065£2,640,746£1,694,408 -35.8%
Profit before tax £1,707,207£1,761,662£1,405,403£3,257,300£2,717,605£1,621,319 -40.3%
Net profit £1,510,987£1,358,370£838,199£2,598,679£2,259,007£930,034 -58.8%
Cash £1,034,813£1,156,622£2,448,286£4,152,126£2,284,589£1,619,049 -29.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £10,921,108£12,679,327£12,583,361£14,341,591£14,489,856£12,158,842 -16.1%
Net assets £6,539,266£7,684,019£8,009,956£11,229,519£10,482,956£9,162,990 -12.6%
Equity £6,539,266£7,822,310£8,009,956£11,229,519£10,482,956£9,162,990 -12.6%
Average employees 809797104105104 -1%
Wages £2,676,519£3,492,631£3,697,508£3,247,764£3,792,479£4,037,190 +6.5%
Directors' remuneration £185,029£252,147£433,491£241,592£148,270£172,594 +16.4%

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 2021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 13.2%9.9%8.1%18.1%12.8%8.1%
Net margin 11.1%7.2%4.5%14.1%11.0%4.4%
Return on capital employed 16.5%14.7%12.0%23.2%18.2%13.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 54.4%51.6%50.5%37.8%42.6%47.1%
Interest cover 16.65x16.32x11.76x22.87x28.96x11.59x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. DURHAM BOX COMPANY LIMITED 2000-11-13 → present
  2. THE DURHAM BOX COMPANY LIMITED 1989-06-13 → 2000-11-13
  3. PRIORAIM LIMITED 1989-04-20 → 1989-06-13

People

2 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MCCONNELL, Daniel James Director 2024-11-07 Mar 1986 British
RICHARDSON, David John Director 2023-06-30 Oct 1969 British
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MORRIS, Susan Ann Secretary — 2023-06-30
EAVES, Peter Director 1992-09-14 2000-11-30
MORRIS, Daniel Christian Director 2014-11-19 2023-06-30
MORRIS, Michael John Director — 2023-06-30
MORRIS, Susan Ann Director — 2023-06-30
O'CALLAGHAN, Gerard Austin Director 2023-06-30 2024-11-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Logson Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2023-06-30 Active
Mr Michael John Morris Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-06-30
Mrs Susan Ann Morris Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-06-30
Mr Daniel Christian Morris Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 131 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2023-08-22 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2023-08-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type medium PDF
2026-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type medium PDF
2025-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-09-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-08-21 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-01-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-08-22 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2023-08-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-07-12 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2023-07-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-03 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current shortened PDF
2023-07-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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