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Registration number: 153279

Pont Packaging Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2 to 3

Directors' Report

4 to 5

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

6

Independent Auditor's Report

7 to 9

Profit and Loss Account

10

Statement of Comprehensive Income

11

Balance Sheet

12

Statement of Changes in Equity

13

Notes to the Financial Statements

14 to 22

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Company Information

Directors

RJ Newman

M W Watson

Company secretary

AS Harrison

Registered office

2 Steuber Drive
Irlam
Manchester
M44 5AL

Auditors

Cooper Parry Group Limited Broadwalk House
5th Floor
5 Appold St
London
EC2A 2AG

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Fair review of the business

Turnover for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £27.0 million, compared to £16.9 million for the year to 31 December 2024. The profit before taxation was £2.1 million (2024: £2.1 million).

During the year Pont Packaging BV introduced clients in Ireland to the company, this has lead to a sharp increase in turnover. The company is paying a commission based on the Irish turnover to Pont Packaging BV for a period of two years.

The company had a very satisfactory year. Management continue to seek out and invest in profitable new projects and markets.

The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

Financial KPIs

Unit

2025

2024

Turnover

£'000

26,952

16,860

Gross profit

£'000

7,458

5,017

Inventory

£'000

3,157

2,019

Financial instruments

The company uses financial instruments, other than derivatives, comprising overdrafts, cash and other liquid resources and various other items such as trade debtors and creditors that arise directly from its operations. The main risks arising from the company's financial instruments are interest rate risk and liquidity risk. The directors review and agree policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised below.

Interest rate risk
The company finances its operation through a mixture of retained profits, bank overdraft and borrowing from group companies. The company's exposure to interest rate fluctuations on its borrowings is managed by the use of both fixed and floating facilities.

Currency risk
The company is exposed to transaction foreign exchange risk. These exposures, including those associated with forecast transactions, are hedged when known using forward currency contracts. Whilst the aim is to achieve an economic hedge the company does not adopt an accounting policy of hedge accounting for those financial statements.

Liquidity risk
The company seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs and to invest any cash assets safely and profitably.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Funding risk
The directors have considered the availability of funding, both short and medium term, and consider it to be sufficient in the short and medium term to enable operations to continue at expected levels.

Cash flow risk
The company’s activities expose it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. Interest bearing assets and liabilities are held at fixed rate to ensure certainty of cash flows.

Credit risk
The company’s principal financial assets are bank balances and cash, trade and other receivables, and investments. The company’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful receivables. An allowance for impairment is made where there is an identified loss event which, based on previous experience of a reduction in the recoverability of the cash flows. The credit risk on liquid funds and financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies. The company has no significant concentration of credit risk, with exposure spread over a large number of counterparties and customers.

Principal risks and uncertainties

Competition risk
The company operates in a highly competitive market. Combined with budgetary constraints this could lead customers to accept lower cost competitors and substitute products leading to price pressure, margin erosion or lost business. We aim to build strong relationships with our key customers including reviews of products, pricing and other demands, whilst also ensuring that operational efficiencies are sought, enabling lower cost manufacturing to drive margin improvements. We also monitor our competitors and any potential new entrants to the market.

Key staff
The company recognises the risks in selecting, training and retaining the people we need. To mitigate the risks management regularly review human resources and share best practice across all departments. The company also ensures regular reviews of development, opportunities, appraisal and succession planning.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 24 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
AS Harrison
Company secretary

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

RJ Newman

M W Watson

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the sale of packaging and related products.

Future developments

The company is focused on developing new and innovative packaging solutions to enable its customers to achieve their product aspirations.

Research and development

The company places a strong emphasis on research and development, which is needed to expand the scope of the products and services required to meet the changing demands of the customers and markets we serve.

Employee involvement

The directors attach the greatest importance to the development of employee involvement throughout the company based on good communications and working relationships. Consultation takes place through normal contacts with departments and in meetings at all levels of employees to assist the employees to become more aware of the financial and economic factors affecting the performance of the company.

Employment of disabled persons

The company gives equal opportunities to disabled persons wherever possible both in recruitment and career development.

Environmental matters

Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting

Under The Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018, together with the accompanying government guidance ‘Environmental Reporting Guidelines: Including streamlined energy and carbon reporting guidance March 2019’, the company is entitled to take exemption from reporting on its energy consumption.

This information is instead reported at consolidated level in the financial statements of the company’s ultimate parent, Newship Group Limited.

Dividends

The directors paid an interim dividend of £2,000 per share for the current year (2024: nil).

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Disclosure of information to the auditor

Each director has taken all steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditor are unaware of.

Reappointment of auditor

In accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution for the re-appointment of Cooper Parry Group Limited as auditors of the company is to be proposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 24 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
AS Harrison
Company secretary

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Pont Packaging Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Pont Packaging Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Pont Packaging Limited

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 6, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Pont Packaging Limited

We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the company that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. We discussed with the Directors the policies and procedures in place regarding compliance with laws and regulations. We discussed amongst the audit team the identified laws and regulations, and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance.

During the audit we focussed on laws and regulations which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.

Our procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to: inquires of management whether they have any knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud, and discussions amongst the audit team regarding risk of fraud such as opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of financial statements. We determined that the principal risks related to posting manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance and management bias through judgements in accounting estimates. We also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

......................................
Paul Hodgett BA (Hons) FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Cooper Parry Group Limited, Statutory Auditor
 Broadwalk House
5th Floor
5 Appold St
London
EC2A 2AG

9 April 2026

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Note

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Turnover

3

26,952

16,860

Cost of sales

 

(19,494)

(11,843)

Gross profit

 

7,458

5,017

Administrative expenses

 

(5,372)

(2,973)

Operating profit

4

2,086

2,044

Other interest receivable and similar income

5

6

15

Profit before tax

 

2,092

2,059

Tax on profit

7

(544)

(512)

Profit for the financial year

 

1,548

1,547

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Profit for the year

1,548

1,547

Total comprehensive income for the year

1,548

1,547

 

Pont Packaging Limited

(Registration number: 153279)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

Note

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

8

723

492

Current assets

 

Stocks

9

3,157

2,019

Debtors

10

6,349

5,882

Cash at bank and in hand

11

251

955

 

9,757

8,856

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

12

(4,414)

(2,830)

Net current assets

 

5,343

6,026

Net assets

 

6,066

6,518

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

1

1

Retained earnings

15

6,065

6,517

Shareholders' funds

 

6,066

6,518

Approved and authorised by the Board on 24 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
RJ Newman
Director

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Share capital
£ 000

Retained earnings
£ 000

Total
£ 000

At 1 January 2024

1

4,970

4,971

Profit for the year

-

1,547

1,547

At 31 December 2024

1

6,517

6,518


 

Share capital
£ 000

Retained earnings
£ 000

Total
£ 000

At 1 January 2025

1

6,517

6,518

Profit for the year

-

1,548

1,548

Dividends

-

(2,000)

(2,000)

At 31 December 2025

1

6,065

6,066

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by shares and is incorporated and domiciled in England & Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
2 Steuber Drive
Irlam
Manchester
M44 5AL
United Kingdom

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 24 April 2026.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' ('FRS102') and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to the small company's regime and under historical cost convention.

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption from the following information, as permitted by the reduced disclosure regime within FRS 102:

Section 7 'Statement of Cash Flows' - Presentation of a Statement of Cash Flow and related notes and disclosures.

Section 33 'Related Party Disclosures' - Compensation for key management personnel.

Name of parent of the group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Newship Group Limited. The financial statements of Newship Group Limited may be obtained from Fernside Place, 179 Queens Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0AH.
 

Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, given the current financing and availability of group support, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from time of approval. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Judgements

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Critical accounting estimates and assumptions

The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates and assumptions will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. There are currently no critical accounting estimates or areas of judgement that have a significant risk of causing a material misstatement.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the company.

The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Fixtures and fittings

10 - 40% straight line

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.


Financial assets

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.


Financial liabilities and equity

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Sale of goods

26,952

16,860


 

The analysis of the company's turnover for the year by market is as follows:

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

UK

23,820

15,694

Europe

3,132

1,166

26,952

16,860

4

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting):

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Depreciation expense

244

177

Foreign exchange gains

(18)

(85)

Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment

-

(29)

Audit of the financial statements

21

19

5

Other interest receivable and similar income

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Interest income on bank deposits

6

15

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

6

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs including directors' remuneration were as follows:

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Wages and salaries

1,562

1,244

Social security costs

195

121

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

67

54

1,824

1,419

The directors received no remuneration in the year.

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2025
 No.

2024
 No.

Administration and support

3

3

Sales, marketing and distribution

28

24

31

27

7

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

544

512

The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 25%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Profit before tax

2,092

2,059

Corporation tax at standard rate

523

515

Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

21

(3)

Total tax charge

544

512

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

8

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £ 000

Total
£ 000

Cost

At 1 January 2025

1,612

1,612

Additions

475

475

At 31 December 2025

2,087

2,087

Depreciation

At 1 January 2025

1,120

1,120

Charge for the year

244

244

At 31 December 2025

1,364

1,364

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2025

723

723

At 31 December 2024

492

492

9

Stocks

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Finished goods and goods for resale

3,157

2,019

10

Debtors

Current

Note

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Trade debtors

 

4,320

2,122

Amounts owed by related parties

19

1,668

3,568

Other debtors

 

95

22

Prepayments

 

266

168

Accrued income

 

-

2

   

6,349

5,882

11

Cash and cash equivalents

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Cash at bank

251

955

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

12

Creditors

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Due within one year

Trade creditors

1,961

1,292

Amounts owed to group undertakings

677

163

Corporation tax liability

341

377

Social security and other taxes

512

441

Accruals and deferred income

650

400

Other creditors

273

157

4,414

2,830

13

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £67,000 (2024 - £54,000).

14

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

2024

No. 000

£ 000

No. 000

£ 000

Ordinary shares of £1 each

1

1

1

1

       

Rights, preferences and restrictions

Ordinary shares have the following rights, preferences and restrictions:
The company‘s ordinary shares, which carry no right to fixed income, each carry the right to one vote at general meetings of the company.

15

Reserves

Profit and loss
The profit and loss account is made up of retained profits of the company.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

16

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Not later than one year

293

196

Later than one year and not later than five years

931

79

1,224

275

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £200,000 (2024 - £301,000).

17

Dividends

Final dividends paid

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Final dividend of £2,000.00 (2024 - £Nil) per each Ordinary shares

2,000

-

 

 

18

Commitments

Currency forwards
The company enters into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase of known currency positions. At the balance sheet date the fair value of these contracts is not materially different from cost.

 

Pont Packaging Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

19

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with other related parties

Related parties under common control and directorship.

Expenditure with and payables to related parties

2025

Other related parties
£ 000

Leases

53

2024

Other related parties
£ 000

Leases

49

20

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Pont Packaging BV, incorporated in the Netherlands.

 The ultimate parent is Newship Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The smallest group for which consolidated accounts including Pont Packaging Limited are prepared is Newship Limited. The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Newship Group Limited. These financial statements are available upon request from Fernside Place, 179 Queens Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0AH.