MEADE-KING,ROBINSON & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-26 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-31.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+12.4% vs 2024
Employees
51
-7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
-7% 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 | £72,681,991 | £81,207,016 | |
| Operating profit | £7,040,413 | £6,950,433 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,210,052 | £6,703,454 | |
| Net profit | £5,312,131 | £4,956,979 | |
| Cash | £2,573,733 | £1,772,007 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,663,628 | £16,452,205 | |
| Net assets | £14,516,203 | £16,310,472 | |
| Equity | £14,516,203 | £16,310,472 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 51 | |
| Wages | £3,500,064 | £3,447,917 |
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 | 9.7% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.0% | 42.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.6% | 45.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.98x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | 64.89x | 24.32x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Calvert Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MEADE-KING,ROBINSON & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Mekiro BV 100%
- Crestchem Limited 100%
- H Plus Limited 100%
- Oleo Solutions Limited 100%
- Biodeg Chemical Company Limited 100%
- H Plus Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The chemical distribution market continued to be an extremely challenging environment throughout the year with large movements in both commodity prices and exchange rates. Therefore, the directors are very pleased with the trading performance of the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARLETON, Philip | Secretary | 1994-07-01 | — | British |
| KOLOKOTRONI, James | Director | 2025-01-16 | Feb 1992 | British |
| ROTHERY, Paul William James | Director | 2010-01-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
| SHORT, Michael John | Director | 2025-01-16 | Dec 1980 | British |
| TARLETON, Emma | Director | 2024-01-25 | Jan 1977 | British |
| TARLETON, Philip | Director | 1999-11-23 | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Alan Williams | Secretary | — | 1994-06-30 |
| HAVARD, Richard John | Director | — | 2000-06-05 |
| HAVARD, Rodney | Director | — | 2001-03-17 |
| MARRS, Anthony Graeme De Bracey | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
| MOATE, Brian Robert | Director | 1991-06-05 | 2002-04-12 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Clifford | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| SMELLIE, James Donald Cameron | Director | — | 2021-12-10 |
| SWINEY, Michael George Peter | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| WIGHTWICK, Jennifer Sydney | Director | — | 2009-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mkr Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Philip Tarleton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+11.7%
£72,681,991 £81,207,016
-
Cash
-31.2%
£2,573,733 £1,772,007
-
Net assets
+12.4%
£14,516,203 £16,310,472
-
Employees
-7.3%
55 51
-
Operating profit
-1.3%
£7,040,413 £6,950,433
-
Profit before tax
-7%
£7,210,052 £6,703,454
-
Wages
-1.5%
£3,500,064 £3,447,917
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