Registration number:
Pont Europe Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Pont Europe Limited
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Company Information |
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Directors' Report |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements |
Pont Europe Limited
Company Information
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Directors |
RJ Newman J W Newman D A Thornton |
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Company secretary |
AS Harrison |
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Registered office |
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Pont Europe 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:
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is that of an intermediate holding company.
Environmental matters
Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR).
The company has applied the exemption given in the Companies Act Sch7.20A not to present the disclosure in its individual accounts due to its inclusion in a group report.
This information is instead reported at consolidated level in the financial statements of the company’s ultimate parent, Newship Group Limited.
Reappointment of auditors
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.
Small companies provision statement
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
Approved and authorised by the
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Pont Europe Limited
(Registration number: 04485783)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025
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Fixed assets |
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Investments |
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Current assets |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Retained earnings |
15,261 |
19,899 |
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Shareholders' funds |
15,261 |
19,899 |
For the financial year ending 31 December 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
Directors' responsibilities:
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. |
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.
Approved and authorised by the
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Pont Europe Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 January 2024 |
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Profit for the year |
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At 31 December 2024 |
19,899 |
19,899 |
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Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 January 2025 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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At 31 December 2025 |
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Pont Europe Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
United Kingdom
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the
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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 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
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.
Group accounts not prepared
These accounts present information in regard to the individual undertaking only and do not include information on its subsidiary
Pont Europe Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Foreign currency transactions and balances
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.
Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.
Investments
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
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.
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.
Pont Europe Limited
Notes to the Unaudited 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.
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Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was
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Profit before tax |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
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Income from shares in group undertakings |
(9,527) |
(4,657) |
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Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the income statement
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2024 |
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Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax |
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The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
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Profit before tax |
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Corporation tax at standard rate |
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Effect of revenues exempt from taxation |
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Total tax (credit)/charge |
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Investments |
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Investments in subsidiaries |
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Pont Europe Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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Subsidiaries |
£ 000 |
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Cost or valuation |
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At 1 January 2025 |
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Provision |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 December 2024 |
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Details of undertakings
Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
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Undertaking |
Registered office |
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Subsidiary undertakings |
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Netherlands |
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France |
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Germany |
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England & Wales |
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Pont Europe Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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Subsidiary undertakings |
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Pont Packaging BV The principal activity of Pont Packaging BV is |
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Pont Emballage SAS The principal activity of Pont Emballage SAS is |
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Pont Packaging GmbH The principal activity of Pont Packaging GmbH is |
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Pont Packaging Limited The principal activity of Pont Packaging Limited is |
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Debtors |
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Current |
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Amounts owed by related parties |
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Other debtors |
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Pont Europe Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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Creditors |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Due within one year |
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Taxation and social security |
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Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
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Dividends |
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£ 000 |
£ 000 |
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Final dividend of £ |
14,000 |
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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is
The ultimate parent is
The smallest group for which consolidated accounts including Pont Europe 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