MORNING FOODS,LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-04-30 (in 11mo)

Last filed for 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-12 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-29

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£181K

-96.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£72M

+9.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

302

+7.5% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£10M

+70.7% vs 2024

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

MORNING FOODS,LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=348

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric	2022-08-01	2023-07-31	2023-08-01	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Turnover	—	—	—	£285,246,027	£284,052,867
Operating profit	—	—	—	£5,955,363	£10,024,468
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£5,973,008	£10,196,432
Net profit	—	£3,548,479	—	£4,385,365	£7,519,640
Cash	—	£4,284,749	—	£4,865,099	£180,542
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£66,620,114	—	£77,182,329	£79,892,342
Net assets	—	£61,317,614	—	£65,702,979	£71,744,909
Equity	£57,775,600	£61,317,614	£61,317,614	£65,702,979	£71,744,909
Average employees	—	270	—	281	302
Wages	—	—	—	£16,184,371	£17,050,891

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	2022-08-01	2023-07-31	2023-08-01	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	2.1%	3.5%
Net margin	—	—	—	1.5%	2.6%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	7.7%	12.5%
Interest cover	—	—	—	46.88x	43.67x

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.

People

9 active · 10 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
COOKSON, Mark Thomas	Secretary	2023-04-27	—	—
BAXTER, David Wallace	Director	2003-11-03	Aug 1967	British
BORROWDALE, John Mark	Director	2017-06-12	Feb 1983	British
COOKSON, Mark Thomas	Director	2023-04-27	Dec 1982	British
CROUCHER, Derek Charles	Director	2009-09-01	Jul 1966	British
LEA, Edward Philip	Director	2017-06-12	Nov 1983	British
LEA, James John	Director	2010-12-01	Aug 1980	British
LEA, John Edward	Director	—	Jan 1946	British
MEIKLE, Alan	Director	2007-01-01	Mar 1961	Scottish

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
JONES, Alan Gordon	Secretary	—	1994-11-01
MELLOR, Peter Matthew	Secretary	2018-12-01	2023-04-27
WARR, David	Secretary	1994-11-01	2018-12-01
BAXTER, Alexander Wallace	Director	2000-08-29	2010-01-13
CASTLE, Albert Bryan	Director	2000-08-29	2009-10-04
CUBITT, David Antony	Director	2004-02-12	2004-06-28
CULLOM, Alan	Director	2007-01-01	2018-04-27
LEA, Philip	Director	—	2000-08-29
MELLOR, Peter Matthew	Director	2019-06-28	2023-04-27
WARR, David	Director	2000-08-29	2020-04-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Agri Food Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-04-05	Active
Mr John Edward Lea	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2024-04-05

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 146 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2022-11-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-01-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-04-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2025-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-07-01	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-07-01	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-04-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-04-27	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-04-27	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-04-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-04-27	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-04-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-01-24	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2023-01-09	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2023-01-09	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2023-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-12-28	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2022-12-28	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2022-11-25	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31

Turnover

-0.4%

£285,246,027 £284,052,867
Cash

-96.3%

£4,865,099 £180,542

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

+9.2%

£65,702,979 £71,744,909

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

+7.5%

281 302

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+68.3%

£5,955,363 £10,024,468
Profit before tax

+70.7%

£5,973,008 £10,196,432
Wages

+5.4%

£16,184,371 £17,050,891

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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