SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+146.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£91M
+12.6% vs 2023
Employees
602
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£18M
+292.7% vs 2023
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 | £96,692,000 | £113,557,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,291,000 | £16,234,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,476,000 | £17,578,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,319,000 | £11,438,000 | |
| Cash | £5,964,000 | £14,682,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £88,839,000 | £103,823,000 | |
| Net assets | £80,769,000 | £90,943,000 | |
| Equity | £80,769,000 | £90,943,000 | |
| Average employees | 578 | 602 | |
| Wages | £21,748,000 | £25,171,000 |
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 | 3.4% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.8% | 25.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.71x | |
| Interest cover | 8.44x | 51.05x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 and 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
- SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED · parent
- Swizzels Matlow (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Neiman Packaging Limited 100%
- Printo Wrappings Limited 100%
- Matlow Brothers Limited 100%
- Caloy Limited 50%
- Clevedon Confectionery (Blackpool) Limited 55%
Significant events
- “In 2023 construction of a building for a new manufacturing and warehousing facility was completed.”
- “In June 2023, the High Court handed down a decision in the case of Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited and others relating to the validity of certain historical pension changes due to the lack of actuarial confirmation required by law. In July 2024, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal brought by Virgin Media Ltd against aspects of the June 2023 decision. The conclusions reached by the court in this case may have implications for other UK defined benefit plans. The Company are currently considering the implications of the case for the Scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Ian | Secretary | 1996-12-16 | — | British |
| DEE, Brian Neiman | Director | — | Jun 1945 | British |
| DEE, Jeremy Adam | Director | 2010-12-16 | Nov 1975 | British |
| DEE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2010-12-16 | Feb 1976 | British |
| WERTHEIM, Nicola Ruth | Director | 2010-12-16 | Oct 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENZIES, Neil Shirley | Secretary | — | 1996-12-16 |
| DEE, Anthony Neiman | Director | — | 2007-08-31 |
| DEE, David | Director | — | 2005-05-22 |
| DEE, Michael Neiman | Director | — | 2016-03-08 |
| MATLOW, Adrian Charles | Director | — | 2015-02-07 |
| MATLOW, Maurice | Director | — | 1998-01-10 |
| MATLOW, Trevor Jack Leslie William | Director | — | 2020-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-04-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-04-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-04-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+17.4%
£96,692,000 £113,557,000
-
Cash
+146.2%
£5,964,000 £14,682,000
-
Net assets
+12.6%
£80,769,000 £90,943,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
578 602
-
Operating profit
+393.3%
£3,291,000 £16,234,000
-
Profit before tax
+292.7%
£4,476,000 £17,578,000
-
Wages
+15.7%
£21,748,000 £25,171,000
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