BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Active
Company number 00108191Private limited companyIncorporated 1910

Key figures

£171,500,000-0.9%
Net assets 2024/25
-0.9%
Average annual change 2023/24–2024/25
050 m100 m150 m200 m2023/242024/25

† BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 22290

Where the company stands among the 3,690 active companies whose first SIC code is 22290 (Manufacture of other plastic products).

Net assets£171,500,000
Higher than 99% · median £113,435
Total assets£265,100,000
Higher than 99% · median £357,639
Company age116.7 years
Older than 99% · median 15.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ESSENTRA COMPONENTS LIMITED£245.7m
  2. TRIMAS PACKAGING LIMITED£202.5m
  3. BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED£171.5m
  4. ALPLA UK LIMITED£146.3m
  5. ZOTEFOAMS PLC£130.1m
  6. NYLACAST HOLDINGS LIMITED£101.8m
  7. BALMORAL COMTEC LIMITED£98.8m
  8. SPECIALIST BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED£95.2m
  9. ROBOBOND LIMITED£93.4m
  10. SANGENIC INTERNATIONAL LTD.£93.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 3,690. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00108191. It was incorporated on 16 Mar 1910. Its status is active. The registered office is in Corby (NN17). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other plastic products (22290).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Sep 2025); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £171,500,000, down 0.9% on the previous year. Total assets were £265,100,000 and total liabilities £93,600,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 3,690 active companies whose first SIC code is 22290: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £113,435). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £357,639). It is older than 99% of them (median age 15.7 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £43.1k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, machinery, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly plastics, rubber, machinery.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 18 May 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Total assets216,900,000265,100,000
Total liabilities43,900,00093,600,000
Net assets / total equity173,000,000171,500,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

2 grants

BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £43.1k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £22.2k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £20.8k
Grants
  1. HiBarFilm2 - High barrier monomaterial flexible films for food contact applicationsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £22,244 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  2. HiBarFilm2 - High barrier monomaterial flexible films for food contact applicationsDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £20,835 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, machinery, electrical equipment, paper and paperboard and stone, plaster and cement articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, rubber, machinery, printed matter and stone, plaster and cement articles.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

10 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £171.5m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £173m
  3. Rpc Containers Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Rpc Group Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Rpc Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Rpc 2017 Holding Company Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Rpc 2017 Holding Company Limited registered as a person with significant control
  8. Rpc Group Plc ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (2)
  1. Rpc Group Plc registered as a person with significant control
  2. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.