Coral Products plc AIM:CRU
- Incorporated
- United Kingdom
- Chief executive
- Ian Hillman
- Employees
- 175
- Reports in
- GBP
- Companies House
- 02429784
Read straight from the annual reports
3.0p at close on 5 Oct 2026 · 11 reported years, 2015–2025
| Line | FY201504/15 | FY201604/16 | FY201704/17 | FY201804/18 | FY201904/19 | FY202004/20 | FY202104/21 | FY202204/22 | FY202304/23 | FY202404/24 | FY202504/25 | FY2026unreported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ||||||||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||||||
| Operating profit | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating profit | ||||||||||||
| Exceptional items | ||||||||||||
| Net finance cost | ||||||||||||
| Profit before tax | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Tax charge | ||||||||||||
| Profit for the year | ||||||||||||
| EBITDA | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted minus statutory PBT | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Basic EPS | ||||||||||||
| Diluted EPS | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted EPS | ||||||||||||
| Dividend per share | — |
GBP millions, negatives in brackets. Per-share lines in pence, share counts in millions. later is what a following report restated the figure to; vs is a second reading that disagrees. The figure shown is the one the original filing printed, and both readings are kept. Click any figure: opens the report page it was read from, highlighted; shows how it was calculated. The share price above is drawn to the same columns: each close sits over the financial year it fell in.
11 years, at a glance
Dashed: Operating margin, in % on its own scale — read its shape, not its height against the bars.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo.
New machinery investment and improved capacity utilisation across Rigids (Eco-Deck grids, bottle caps/closures, ice cream containers)
£3m machinery investment became fully operational in H2, delivering improved sales and margins and full in-house Eco-Deck grid production
page 11Arrow Film Converters acquisition (1 April 2025)
Asset purchase from administration strengthened Flexibles division with new print presses, in-house reprographics and lamination capacity; contributed £849k revenue in one month post-acquisition
page 7Industry-wide packaging market softening (Flexibles)
Gross margin fell from 34.4% (FY24) to 32.5% (FY25); like-for-like revenue softness between FY24 and FY25 in Flexibles
page 10New machinery/automation reaching full operation in H2
Optimisation of ~£3m machinery investment produced incremental output and margin improvement throughout Q3/Q4 2025
page 11£2.6m credit: Gain on bargain purchase (Arrow Film Converters acquisition)
page 58Encouragingly, the first five months of FY26 have started positively, with trading ahead of internal forecasts and margins improving. This provides confidence that the Group is now on track for the current financial year.
page 7On 7 July 2025 the Company granted 10,000,000 share options over new ordinary shares (10p exercise price, not exercisable for 24 months, expiring 7 July 2035) under the 2014 EMI Option Plan to Directors and PDMRs: Ian Hillman 2,500,000; Paul Rice 2,500,000; Robert David 2,500,000; Paul Freud 1,000,000
page 78No final dividend recommended for FY25; Board has carefully considered the Group's dividend policy in combination with operational and strategic ambitions, and will keep the position under review, with dividends considered in line with trading performance, cash generation and investment priorities. An interim dividend of 0.25p was paid in respect of FY25 (23 August 2024); no dividend has been paid or proposed since the year end
page 7Directors adopted the going concern basis, having reviewed cash flow forecasts and facility headroom for at least 12 months from approval. Independent auditor Crowe U.K. LLP issued an unqualified (true and fair) opinion on both Group and Parent Company financial statements, and concluded no material uncertainty existed relating to going concern. Key audit matters: (1) impairment of goodwill and other intangibles (Group £8,802k asset base) — no impairment required, headroom present for all CGUs except Manplas (already fully impaired); (2) investments impairment review (Company £14,155k)
page 29- Movements in commodity prices often caused by supply constraints or demand managementp.16
- Loss of a key individualp.16
- Foreign exchange risk, particularly regarding the Euro and US Dollar, as many of the Group's materials are purchased in these currenciesp.16
- Credit risk in ensuring payments from customers are received in full and on a timely basisp.16
Read from C000322-AR-2025-ch.
10 annual reports read, FY2016 to FY2025
Open a year to see what its report said. Every line in it carries the page it was read from.
Sources: Companies House (10)
FY2026Next report expected 23 Sept 2026