FMS FOILS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£525k
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£996k
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,829,015 | £14,171,903 | £11,176,725 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£17,326 | -£328,111 | -£806,285 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£387,181 | -£750,083 | -£1,154,036 | — | |
| Net profit | -£339,478 | -£639,860 | -£804,382 | — | |
| Cash | £253,122 | £318,214 | £524,645 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,227,010 | £783,032 | -£618,756 | — | |
| Net assets | £875,460 | -£191,492 | -£995,874 | — | |
| Equity | £875,460 | -£191,492 | -£995,874 | — | |
| Average employees | 57 | 57 | 50 | — | |
| Wages | £2,292,670 | £2,193,168 | £1,722,388 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £146,260 | £114,708 | £62,438 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £13,245 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 10 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | -2.3% | -7.2% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | -4.5% | -7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | -41.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.7% | 101.7% | 111.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.51x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | -0.05x | -0.78x | -2.32x |
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
- FMS FOILS GROUP LIMITED 2015-01-30 → present
- A M (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1998-05-13 → 2015-01-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FMS FOILS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Friths Flexible Packaging Limited 100%
- S.F. Williams (Foils) Limited 100%
- Macleans (Foils) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 September 2025, FMS was acquired by WZ Packaging Limited (WZP), a UK-based aluminium flexible packaging firm, thereby joining a group of companies with aligned capabilities.”
- “During the period, the company disposed of its investments in subsidiary undertakings as part of a group reorganisation undertaken prior to the acquisition of the company by WZ Packaging Limited on 29 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOSHEL, Dmytro | Director | 2025-09-29 | Sep 1980 | Ukrainian |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNISH, David John | Secretary | 2010-01-31 | 2011-06-23 |
| BARNISH, Muriel Anne | Secretary | 2011-06-23 | 2022-07-28 |
| CODY, Douglas Paul | Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 1998-12-01 |
| PAYNE, Lorna Bryany Madeleine | Secretary | 2024-09-10 | 2025-10-24 |
| SWIFT, Anthony | Secretary | 1998-12-01 | 2010-01-31 |
| WINTERTON, Charlotte Inez | Secretary | 2022-08-08 | 2024-08-31 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 1998-05-13 |
| CODY, Douglas Paul | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2000-07-10 |
| WATSON, David John | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2025-09-29 |
| WATSON, Paul Stuart | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2025-09-29 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-05-13 | 1998-05-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wz Packaging Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Paul Stuart Watson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-09-29 |
| Mr David John Watson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.