UK GREETINGS LIMITED

MILL STREET EAST, DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF12 9AW

Company Number: 03480710
Incorporation date: 15-Dec-1997
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
17290 Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard not elsewhere classified





SUMMARY

This company is 26.9 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Mr Donald Gogel. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 55.2 million which has increased from GBP 54.2 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 2 thousand which is down -100% on the previous year. Retained earnings is negative (GBP -5.2 million), which means the company has aggregate losses since it's inception or it has paid more dividends than it can afford; given the company's age, this is a sign of serious financial problems. The company has 4 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 8 other companies. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are 2 court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Nov-2024
Accounts Filed: GROUP (28-Feb-2023)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
28-Feb-2019 GBP 2,000 3,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 470,000
28-Feb-2018 GBP 141,355,000 6,632,000 3,000 301,000 1,022,000 5,312,000
28-Feb-2017 GBP 142,285,000 -7,579,000 20,000 207,000 976,000 -6,790,000
29-Feb-2016 GBP 151,704,000 -9,882,000 15,000 109,000 1,247,000 -8,729,000
28-Feb-2015 GBP 160,689,000 3,761,000 70,000 18,000 33,000 3,846,000
28-Feb-2014 GBP 159,763,000 8,034,000 84,000 13,000 2,358,000 20,534,000
28-Feb-2013 GBP 158,923,000 -7,199,000 44,000 10,000 1,664,000 526,000
29-Feb-2012 GBP 155,403,000 9,067,000 84,000 8,000 2,452,000 66,911,000
28-Feb-2011 GBP 137,293,000 10,465,000 150,000 46,000 3,286,000 7,283,000
28-Feb-2010 GBP 130,594,000 7,186,000 92,000 25,000 2,742,000 4,511,000
28-Feb-2009 GBP 125,965,000 2,273,000 845,000 3,000 1,534,000 1,571,000
29-Feb-2008 GBP 13,612,000 23,000 13,635,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
28-Feb-2019 GBP 10,038,000 50,951,000 20,976,000 99,831,000 23,056,000 -5,221,000 55,220,000
28-Feb-2018 GBP 3,527,000 53,957,000 24,769,000 99,584,000 23,056,000 -6,257,000 54,184,000
28-Feb-2017 GBP 1,672,000 63,791,000 38,197,000 1,501,000 23,056,000 -13,392,000 47,049,000
29-Feb-2016 GBP 4,201,000 57,498,000 33,206,000 102,585,000 23,056,000 -5,910,000 54,531,000
28-Feb-2015 GBP 7,189,000 66,347,000 37,060,000 99,771,000 23,056,000 2,819,000 63,260,000
28-Feb-2014 GBP 25,842,000 66,070,000 27,505,000 99,757,000 23,056,000 5,743,000 66,184,000
28-Feb-2013 GBP 30,931,000 83,266,000 29,952,000 114,544,000 23,056,000 8,794,000 69,235,000
29-Feb-2012 GBP 11,320,000 75,756,000 24,309,000 114,653,000 23,056,000 8,268,000 68,709,000
28-Feb-2011 GBP 32,389,000 87,256,000 22,934,000 114,595,000 23,056,000 12,577,000
28-Feb-2010 GBP 12,172,000 73,307,000 17,352,000 114,595,000 23,056,000 5,294,000 65,735,000
28-Feb-2009 GBP 14,462,000 66,465,000 19,262,000 112,052,000 23,056,000 758,000 61,199,000
29-Feb-2008 GBP 29,240,000 91,204,000 23,638,000 114,958,000 23,056,000 12,963,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Resigned Adrian SMITH 06 Apr 2018 07 Feb 2024 0 - 1
Resigned Kevin John VAUX 07 May 2004 06 Apr 2018 Finance Director British 0 - 47
Resigned John Steven CRAVEN 29 Jan 1999 07 May 2004 Assistant Secretary British 2 - 27
Resigned Phyllis ALDEN 29 Jan 1999 01 Mar 2004 American 0 - 9
Resigned Jon GROETZINGER 09 Mar 1998 30 Sep 2003 Attorney American 0 - 14
Resigned MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED 15 Dec 1997 09 Mar 1998 35 - 1065

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Andrew Michael POOLEY 02 Apr 2024 Fd British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Ceri Jane STIRLAND 01 Mar 2023 Ceo British 6 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Lorna STREET 02 Apr 2020 Chief Financial Officer Swiss 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Lorna STREET 02 Apr 2020 Chief Financial Officer Swiss 2 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned James CONN 06 Apr 2018 01 Mar 2023 Ceo British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Adrian James SMITH 06 Apr 2018 07 Feb 2024 Finance Director British 0 - 81 (12.5%)
Resigned Gregory Michael STEINBERG 06 Apr 2018 23 Mar 2020 Chief Financial Officer American 0 - 32 (66.7%)
Resigned Zev David WEISS 27 Sep 2010 06 Apr 2018 Director American 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Gary Leslie ROWLEY 15 Jan 2010 01 Mar 2018 Director British 0 - 72 (28.6%)
Resigned Dale CABLE 09 May 2001 28 Feb 2003 Treasurer American 0 - 51 (20.0%)
Resigned Peter ALLEZ 29 Jan 1999 29 Apr 2001 Executive British 4 - 83 (25.0%)
Resigned John Stuart Northcliffe CHARLTON 29 Jan 1999 31 Mar 2010 Executive British 2 - 2916 (51.6%)
Resigned Kevin John VAUX 29 Jan 1999 06 Apr 2018 Finance Director British 0 - 4733 (70.2%)
Resigned Aashish SALUJA 09 Mar 1998 09 Mar 1998 Trainee Sol British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Geoffrey John Cochrane PERRY 09 Mar 1998 09 Mar 1998 Solicitor British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Gerald Maxwell FRYER 09 Mar 1998 29 Jan 1999 Finance Director British 1 - 133 (21.4%)
Resigned Mary Ann CORRIGAN DAVIS 09 Mar 1998 28 Feb 2005 Senior Vice President American 0 - 74 (57.1%)
Resigned Stuart MCKAY 09 Mar 1998 18 Jan 2005 Executive British 1 - 166 (35.3%)
Resigned Michael William RICH 15 Dec 1997 09 Mar 1998 Solicitor British 0 - 5021 (42.0%)
Resigned Barbara REEVES 15 Dec 1997 09 Mar 1998 Company Secretary British 3 - 2311 (42.3%)
Number of active directors: 4
Average tenure of active directors: 2.8 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 4.9 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 0.0%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
CARLTON CARDS LIMITED (00061412) - Active
THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION (00244228) - Active
WATERMARK PUBLISHING LIMITED (02532611) - Active
COLLAGE DESIGNS LIMITED (02582769) - Active
WATERMARK PACKAGING LIMITED (03161178) - Active
GIBSON HANSON GRAPHICS LIMITED (03220599) - Active
UK GREETINGS LIMITED (03480710) - Active
MICROCOURT LIMITED (04309397) - Active
KIDS2 UK LIMITED (04910375) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2019-12-152015-12-152014-12-152013-12-152012-12-15
A G (UK) INC.ORDINARY SHARES40
100%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
A G (UK) INC.ORDINARY0
0%
4
100%
4
100%
4
100%
4
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

UK GREETINGS LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


Start date End date Average days to pay % invoices paid over 60 days % invoices not paid within agreed terms Gov.uk report
2024-03-01 2024-08-31 44 20% 11% 89689
2023-09-01 2024-02-29 45 14% 12% 82769
2023-03-01 2023-08-31 42 19% 13% 76250
2022-09-01 2023-02-28 39 6% 16% 69681
2022-03-01 2022-08-31 42 24% 16% 63154
2021-09-01 2022-02-28 38 10% 17% 56812
2021-03-01 2021-08-31 38 10% 13% 50051
2020-09-01 2021-02-28 42 13% 20% 43495
2020-03-01 2020-08-31 48 22% 37% 36701
2019-09-01 2020-02-29 34 6% 15% 29663
2019-03-01 2019-08-31 36 9% 16% 21746
2018-09-01 2019-02-28 % % 14039
2018-09-01 2019-02-28 35 8% 16% 14040
2018-03-01 2018-08-31 41 14% 22% 6946


COURT CASES


Date Title Reference Subject
2019-10-08 Mrs Z Allen v UK Greetings Ltd [2019] UKET 1804177/2019 Maternity and Pregnancy Rights
2018-06-04 Mrs D Wood v UK Greetings Ltd [2018] UKET 1802455/2018 Sex Discrimination

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 17290 Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard not elsewhere classified)

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IG DESIGN GROUP UK LIMITED HOWARD HOUSE HOWARD WAY, INTERCHANGE PARK, NEWPORT PAGNELL, ENGLAND, MK16 9PX 02265899 2018-03-31 119,491,000 5,392,000
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HAMILTON ADHESIVE LABELS LIMITED RIVERSIDE HOUSE, IRWELL STREET, MANCHESTER, M3 5EN 02747977 2017-10-31 10,057,621 0
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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
UK GREETINGS LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.3% 1.3% 2.4% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.6% 1.5% 2.5% Medium
Accounting Month 0.5% 2.1% 5.6% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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