MAWDSLEY-BROOKS & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£31M
+11.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£43M
+15.3% vs 2024
Employees
735
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+52.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £327,617,000 | £391,161,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,937,000 | £6,845,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,279,000 | £8,056,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,673,000 | £5,835,000 | |
| Cash | £27,528,000 | £30,725,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,303,000 | £44,810,000 | |
| Net assets | £37,038,000 | £42,705,000 | |
| Equity | £37,038,000 | £42,705,000 | |
| Average employees | 727 | 735 | |
| Wages | £26,609,000 | £29,692,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.24x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. The company continues to have a significant cash reserve, still does not require any external borrowing, has maintained its strong balance sheet and continues to service the needs of its healthcare customers.”
Group structure
- MAWDSLEY-BROOKS & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Mawdsleys Pharmaceuticals Do Brasil Ltda 10%
- M.B.I. Pharma Ltd 76%
- Pathfinder Healthcare Limited 52%
- Wellspring Pharmaceutical Services Limited 100%
- Wellspring Pharmaceutical Services UK Limited 100%
- MBI Medtech Ltd 52%
Significant events
- “Mawdsleys reported a turnover of £391 million, representing close to 20% increase from the prior period. Pre-tax profits reached £8.1 million, 53% higher than the previous year. Gross margin dipped slightly to 16.3% from 17.8%, amidst rising costs.”
- “At year-end, Mawdsleys held £30.7 million in cash, with no borrowings, and continues to leverage its strong balance sheet for strategic investments. Ongoing projects include optimising the distribution warehouses, in collaboration with the new IT systems infrastructure and further investment into staff training.”
- “In 2025 Mawdsleys published its first Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report, in both print and on the website.”
- “A Carbon Reduction Plan is now in place with a target of achieving Net Zero by 2050, as defined by the SBTI (Science Based Target Initiative).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWARBRICK, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2022-03-08 | — | — |
| BLACKWELL-FROST, Christopher | Director | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MAWDSLEY, John Howard, Dr | Director | — | Feb 1950 | British |
| WESTALL, William James | Director | 2020-02-12 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLISON, Stephanie Joy | Secretary | 1999-03-02 | 2019-12-31 |
| MISTRY, Bhavisha | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2021-12-16 |
| SALT, James Frederick | Secretary | — | 1999-02-10 |
| BACKHOUSE, Alan | Director | 1993-04-21 | 1996-09-20 |
| BELCHER, Darren Robert | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2024-03-19 |
| BIRCHALL, Karen Anne | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| BROWNLEE, Ian Colin | Director | 1993-04-21 | 2020-03-31 |
| CARO, Terence Everard | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| CRUTTENDEN, Donald Jack | Director | — | 1994-01-14 |
| CURRIMJEE, Carol | Director | — | 2022-05-10 |
| DAVIES, John Charles | Director | 1994-09-27 | 2014-03-31 |
| ELLISON, Stephanie Joy | Director | 1998-05-14 | 2020-03-31 |
| HARWOOD, Robert George | Director | 1997-04-07 | 2005-03-18 |
| HOWARD, Michael | Director | 1994-09-27 | 2004-01-06 |
| KENNEDY, Gerard | Director | — | 2015-03-31 |
| MAWDSLEY, Denis | Director | — | 1994-12-07 |
| MC ALLISTER, Paul | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| SALT, James Frederick | Director | — | 1999-02-10 |
| SANDERS, William John | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| SANDERSON-WATTS, Gail | Director | — | 2023-01-17 |
| SMITH, Christopher John | Director | — | 1999-04-28 |
| TAYLOR, David Leslie | Director | 1999-09-09 | 2009-10-07 |
| WESTALL, Susan Penelope | Director | — | 2022-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mawdsleys Group Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+19.4%
£327,617,000 £391,161,000
-
Cash
+11.6%
£27,528,000 £30,725,000
-
Net assets
+15.3%
£37,038,000 £42,705,000
-
Employees
+1.1%
727 735
-
Operating profit
+38.6%
£4,937,000 £6,845,000
-
Profit before tax
+52.6%
£5,279,000 £8,056,000
-
Wages
+11.6%
£26,609,000 £29,692,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers