MAY & RAEBURN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+113.3% highest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+11.9% vs 2024
Employees
162
+2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-38% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £20,365,627 | £24,081,806 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,446,716 | £2,038,676 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £3,435,306 | £2,128,844 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,571,387 | £1,595,257 | |
| Cash | £774,307 | £840,650 | £879,390 | £1,417,328 | £1,120,146 | £3,017,603 | £6,436,604 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £12,301,400 | £13,676,120 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £11,754,882 | £13,157,281 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | £11,754,882 | £13,157,281 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 158 | 162 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £4,734,392 | £5,156,953 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 16.9% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 12.6% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 28.0% | 14.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 36.2% | 33.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.81x | 3.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 79.12x | 43.75x |
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
- Taylor Viney & Marlow Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MAY & RAEBURN LIMITED · parent
- Handmade Speciality Products Ltd 60%
- JEGA Homes Limited 100%
- May & Raeburn (Petfood) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The integration of Handmade continues to yield returns with the company contributing profit before tax of £840k (2023: £127k ) to the overall operating profit for the year from a turnover of £10.92m (2023: £9.38m).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAEBURN, Annette | Secretary | 2009-07-15 | — | — |
| RAEBURN, Anthony Paul Goodwin | Director | — | Oct 1959 | British |
| RAEBURN, James Cameron Goodwyn | Director | 2025-01-16 | May 1993 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAEBURN, Mavis Patricia | Secretary | — | 2009-07-15 |
| RAEBURN, Jack Mcintyre | Director | — | 1994-10-12 |
| TALBUT, Paul Graham | Director | 1993-01-12 | 1994-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annette Bridget Raeburn | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Paul Goodwin Raeburn | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2016-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+18.2%
£20,365,627 £24,081,806
-
Cash
+113.3%
£3,017,603 £6,436,604
highest in 7 filed years
-
Net assets
+11.9%
£11,754,882 £13,157,281
-
Employees
+2.5%
158 162
-
Operating profit
-40.9%
£3,446,716 £2,038,676
-
Profit before tax
-38%
£3,435,306 £2,128,844
-
Wages
+8.9%
£4,734,392 £5,156,953
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