BIG BEAR PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIMITED
Company number 03611491 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Big Bear Plastic Products has moved from a marginal operating profit position to a significant loss in 2024, with revenue declining 26% and gross margins compressing by over 500 basis points — both substantially worse than sector norms for UK plastics processors through this downturn. The company retains meaningful balance sheet strength with £4.26m net assets and a focused technical thermoforming capability that differentiates it from commodity producers, but customer concentration, thin cash reserves, and limited pricing power present material risks if the order book recovery referenced by management does not materialise sustainably. The strategic investments in ERP implementation, additional accreditations, and operational efficiency are appropriate responses, but the business needs to demonstrate margin recovery and revenue stabilisation in 2025 to confirm its competitive positioning remains intact.
Shareholders' funds
£4,264,435
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Company during the year was the manufacture of high quality technical thermoformed plastics, composite components, and associated assemblies.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-08-07
- Employees
- 87 (2024 accounts · was 110 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Fantastic Works, Hampton Lovett, Droitwich, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, WR9 0NX
- Postcode
- WR9 0NX
- Capital
- 3,500,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 8 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-07
- Next due by
- 2027-08-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 22290 Manufacture of other plastic products
Officers 2 current · 9 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DUNECOURT LTD | 1998-10-28 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 29 WATERLOO ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 4DJ | 1998-12-04 |
| 152 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2NX | 1998-10-28 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 25 similar companies in WR
The largest employer among its local peers (87 staff).
Trading since 1998.
No.2 of the largest manufacture of other plastic products companies in Worcester →
Competitors Worcester
This company ranks 2 among manufacture of other plastic products in Worcester.
The class of 1998
43%
of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1999-01-07
- Where
- Worcestershire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR37055 | Worcestershire | Leasehold | 1999-01-07 | — |
| WR37057 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 1999-01-07 | — |
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