MERRYDOWN PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Cash
£704K
-34.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£881K
-62.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MERRYDOWN PLC 1993-01-19 → present
- MERRYDOWN WINE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1946-11-22 → 1993-01-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,599,532 | £24,351,400 | |
| Operating profit | £2,125,789 | £1,300,449 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,345,789 | £880,991 | |
| Net profit | £1,753,696 | £635,937 | |
| Cash | £1,074,953 | £703,991 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,057,420 | £30,233,857 | |
| Net assets | £30,655,420 | £29,699,107 | |
| Equity | £30,655,420 | £29,699,107 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | £5,332 | — |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 15.74x | 20.69x | |
| Interest cover | 3.57x | 2.26x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Like many other businesses, the company continues to encounter tough trading conditions including supply chain disruption, increased taxation, energy and transport costs, labour shortages and geopolitical instability. In the unlikely event it is required, the company's parent company, SHS Group Limited, has confirmed it will support the company for at least the period to 31 December 2026, making funds available to the company to enable it to meet its current liabilities arising as they fall due.”
Group structure
- MERRYDOWN PLC · parent
- Testlink Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORR, Bernadette | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| GILLOW, Paul Matthew | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jan 1980 | British |
| ORR, Bernadette Marie | Director | 2024-05-21 | Jul 1983 | Irish |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Stephen Pierre | Secretary | 1995-10-30 | 1997-08-19 |
| DINNIS, Michael John | Secretary | 1997-08-19 | 2005-05-03 |
| FITCH, Colin Digby Thomas | Secretary | 1994-03-25 | 1995-09-30 |
| HOWARD, Richard Michael | Secretary | 2005-05-04 | 2010-11-26 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Michael John | Secretary | — | 1994-03-25 |
| RICHMOND, Arthur William | Secretary | 2010-11-26 | 2025-05-01 |
| BIRCHALL, Elaine | Director | 2014-12-30 | 2023-07-31 |
| BOLT, Kevin Ronald | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2000-06-15 |
| BURKE, Stephen Pierre | Director | 1994-04-11 | 1997-08-19 |
| CARR, Christopher Philip | Director | — | 2011-05-31 |
| DINNIS, Michael John | Director | 1997-08-19 | 2005-05-04 |
| FITCH, Colin Digby Thomas | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1998-06-18 |
| FREER, Nigel Rodney | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2005-05-04 |
| HOOPER, Roy John | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| HOWARD, Richard Michael | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2014-12-31 |
| HOWIE, Robert Alexander | Director | — | 1996-05-29 |
| JACKSON, John Andrew | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2005-05-03 |
| MCCARNEY, Damian | Director | 2024-01-02 | 2024-04-30 |
| MILLMAN, Paul Edward | Director | — | 1998-06-18 |
| MONRO, Peter Alexander Seton | Director | — | 1998-06-18 |
| NASH, Andrew John | Director | 1998-01-05 | 2005-05-03 |
| NEAME, Robert Harry Beale | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2004-07-29 |
| NIBLETT, Ronald William | Director | — | 1995-09-25 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Michael John | Director | — | 1994-03-25 |
| PURDEY, Charles James Richard | Director | — | 1998-06-18 |
| RICHMOND, Arthur William | Director | 2010-11-26 | 2025-05-01 |
| RUTHERFORD, Alan | Director | 1993-07-12 | 1997-07-31 |
| SALTERS, William Geofrey Manderson | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2009-12-31 |
| SLOAN, Joseph | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2025-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shs Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
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Turnover
+3.2%
£23,599,532 £24,351,400
-
Cash
-34.5%
£1,074,953 £703,991
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£30,655,420 £29,699,107
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
-38.8%
£2,125,789 £1,300,449
-
Profit before tax
-62.4%
£2,345,789 £880,991
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