SIMPSONS MALT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-10 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£439K
-48.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£107M
+4.5% vs 2023
Employees
395
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
-37.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SIMPSONS MALT LIMITED 1986-10-09 → present
- J.P. SIMPSON AND COMPANY (ALNWICK) LIMITED 1919-02-07 → 1986-10-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £301,345,000 | £264,054,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,460,000 | £15,207,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,220,000 | £9,482,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,350,000 | £6,963,000 | |
| Cash | £846,000 | £439,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £194,237,000 | £125,955,000 | |
| Net assets | £102,610,000 | £107,222,000 | |
| Equity | £102,610,000 | £107,222,000 | |
| Average employees | 388 | 395 | |
| Wages | £19,552,000 | £18,941,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.33x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 3.90x | 2.66x |
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
- UNW 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 or 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
- SIMPSONS MALT LIMITED · parent
- McCreath Simpson & Prentice Limited 100%
- JP Simpson & Co (Export) Limited 100%
- JP Simpson & Company (Alnwick) Limited 100%
- McCreath Simpson Limited 100%
- John Guthrie Limited 100%
- W.N. Lindsay Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 9 April 2025 the group refinanced its debt facilities, replacing a £150 million asset based lending (ABL) facility with a £90 million ABL facility. The decrease is due to cereal values reverting back to pre-2022 levels. The £90 million facility is provided by HSBC UK Bank plc and is in place until April 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGG, Graeme Thomas James | Secretary | 2005-08-04 | — | British |
| HINDHAUGH, Andrew George | Director | 2018-04-03 | Mar 1964 | British |
| HOGG, Graeme Thomas James | Director | 2005-08-04 | May 1968 | British |
| HUTCHEON, Graham Robert | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1963 | British |
| MCCREATH, Timothy Robson | Director | 2002-11-07 | Dec 1968 | British |
| RAE, William David | Director | 2016-11-29 | Dec 1953 | British |
| ROWLEY, Steven Charles Muir | Director | 2005-08-04 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SIMPSON, Janet Marlene | Director | — | Aug 1938 | British |
| SIMPSON, Richard Ellis | Director | 2002-01-09 | Nov 1972 | British |
| WALSH, Paul Steven | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1955 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Kenneth George Murray | Secretary | — | 2005-08-03 |
| BROWN, Malcolm | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2025-05-07 |
| GOOD, John James Griffen, Sir | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2016-11-29 |
| GREIG, Christopher George, Dr | Director | 1994-04-14 | 2004-11-03 |
| MCCREATH, David Robert | Director | — | 2023-10-12 |
| MURRAY, Archibald Finlay Ormiston | Director | — | 2005-05-04 |
| SIMPSON, Peter Louis | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2017-05-20 |
| SIMPSON, Simon Bryham | Director | — | 2023-12-19 |
| SMITH, Kenneth George Murray | Director | — | 2005-08-03 |
| SMITH, Peter John | Director | — | 2002-01-03 |
| THOMAS, Graham John Owen | Director | — | 2001-08-10 |
| WALSH, Paul Steven | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2017-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 274 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-18 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-12.4%
£301,345,000 £264,054,000
-
Cash
-48.1%
£846,000 £439,000
-
Net assets
+4.5%
£102,610,000 £107,222,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
388 395
-
Operating profit
-25.7%
£20,460,000 £15,207,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.7%
£15,220,000 £9,482,000
-
Wages
-3.1%
£19,552,000 £18,941,000
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