MERCIA GARDEN PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-34% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-7.1% vs 2023
Employees
154
-13% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£625K
+53.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,806,660 | £18,288,611 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,403,381 | -£726,845 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,354,468 | -£625,398 | |
| Net profit | -£1,013,526 | -£543,374 | |
| Cash | £4,103,676 | £2,708,902 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,261,108 | £10,457,191 | |
| Net assets | £11,258,887 | £10,457,191 | |
| Equity | £11,258,887 | £10,457,191 | |
| Average employees | 177 | 154 | |
| Wages | £5,560,795 | £5,009,403 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.2% | -4.0% | |
| Net margin | -4.4% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.5% | -7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | -382.81x | -105.46x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trading and cash flows of the wider group post year-end remains strong. Forecasts for the 12 months ahead show the Group continuing to remain cash positive even when modelled using worst case scenarios.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWEN, James William | Director | 2025-03-14 | Sep 1986 | British |
| WALDRON, Terry Richard | Director | 2014-11-04 | Sep 1971 | English |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTWRIGHT, Stephen William | Secretary | 2005-08-03 | 2012-01-01 |
| HICK, Paul Arney | Secretary | 2005-02-17 | 2005-08-03 |
| WALTON, Barry Geoffrey Dennys | Secretary | — | 2005-02-17 |
| YARROW, Ian Peter | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2016-04-29 |
| ASHBY, Lee Howard | Director | 2005-02-17 | 2013-06-30 |
| BERRY, David | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2025-03-14 |
| BERRY, David | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-04-29 |
| BURGESS, Iain | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2025-03-14 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Stephen William | Director | 2005-02-18 | 2014-05-30 |
| CLARICOATS, Melvyn | Director | — | 2001-09-30 |
| CONROY, Scott | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2012-01-27 |
| ELLIMAN, Robert Philip | Director | 2022-03-04 | 2025-03-14 |
| FAIRHURST, Jonathan Raymond Jackson | Director | 2005-02-17 | 2007-06-01 |
| HICK, Paul Arney | Director | 2005-02-17 | 2005-08-03 |
| HOMEWOOD, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2022-03-04 | 2025-03-14 |
| KELLY, Frank | Director | — | 2005-02-17 |
| LETMAN, George Edward | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2016-04-29 |
| LOCHERY, Tony | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2016-04-29 |
| LUFT, Howard Paul | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-02-24 |
| MARRIOTT, Malcolm | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2016-04-29 |
| PRICE, Daniel Russell | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2021-02-28 |
| REES, Gary John Michael | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2025-03-14 |
| ROBERTSON, Ian | Director | — | 2003-11-30 |
| WAKEMAN, Timothy Roy | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2006-06-01 |
| WALDRON, Terry Richard | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2014-05-30 |
| WALTON, Barry Geoffrey Dennys | Director | — | 2005-02-17 |
| WALTON, Heather | Director | — | 2005-02-17 |
| WALTON, Nigel Charles | Director | — | 2006-01-01 |
| WALTON, Ruth Allene | Director | — | 2005-02-17 |
| WOOD, John David | Director | 2005-02-17 | 2005-10-03 |
| WOOLLEY, Peter Charles | Director | 2012-01-30 | 2016-04-29 |
| YARROW, Ian Peter | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2022-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosimian Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
-19.8%
£22,806,660 £18,288,611
-
Cash
-34%
£4,103,676 £2,708,902
-
Net assets
-7.1%
£11,258,887 £10,457,191
-
Employees
-13%
177 154
-
Operating profit
+48.2%
-£1,403,381 -£726,845
-
Profit before tax
+53.8%
-£1,354,468 -£625,398
-
Wages
-9.9%
£5,560,795 £5,009,403
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