MIDWICH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-21 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£538K
-16.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-41.5% vs 2023
Employees
402
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
-43.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MIDWICH LIMITED 1999-08-02 → present
- MIDWICH THAME LIMITED 1979-07-11 → 1999-08-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £263,030,000 | £263,155,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,496,000 | £3,810,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £21,606,000 | £12,194,000 | |
| Net profit | £21,589,000 | £9,900,000 | |
| Cash | £642,000 | £538,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £118,892,000 | £159,312,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,028,000 | £10,552,000 | |
| Equity | £18,028,000 | £10,552,000 | |
| Average employees | 423 | 402 | |
| Wages | £15,505,000 | £16,820,000 |
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 | 4.8% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.2% | 97.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.44x | |
| Interest cover | 1.53x | 0.41x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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
- MIDWICH LIMITED · parent
- Midwich Employees' Trustees Limited 1%
- Square One Distribution Limited 1%
- Sidev SAS 1%
- Midwich Australia Pty Limited 1%
- Kern Und Stelly Medientechnik GmbH 1%
- Holdan Limited 1%
- Midwich Iberia S.A.U. 1%
- Gebroeders van Domburg B.V. 1%
- van Domburg Partners B.V. 1%
- Transport en Opslagbedrijf van Domburg B.V. 1%
- van Domburg Services B.V. 1%
- Dutch Light Pro B.V. 1%
- Sound Technology Limited 1%
- Bauer Und Trummer GmbH 1%
- Holdan Benelux B.V. 1%
- Blonde Robot Pty Limited 1%
- Blonde Robot Pte Limited 1%
- MobilePro AG 1%
- Midwich Asia Pte Limited 1%
- Prase Engineering SpA 1%
- AV Partner AS 1%
- New Tension Inc 1%
- Starin Marketing Inc 1%
- Think Fast Holdings LLC 1%
- Midwich International Limited 1%
- Midwich UCD B.V. 1%
- NMK Technologies Trading LLC 1%
- NMK Electronics Trading LLC 1%
- Edge Electronics Trading LLC 1%
- NMK International FZE 1%
- NMK Middle East Trading LLC 1%
- Cooper Projects Limited 0.65%
- DVS Ltd 0.65%
- Edge CCTV Ltd 0.65%
- Nimans Limited 1%
- Network Sales & Solutions Limited 1%
- Interquartz (UK) Limited 1%
- Yealink (UK) Limited 1%
- Kern & Stelly Medientechnik Austria GmbH 1%
- SF Marketing Inc 1%
- Toolfarm.com Inc 1%
- HHB Communications Holdings Limited 1%
- HHB Communications Limited 1%
- H H B Limited 1%
- Source Distribution Limited 1%
- Video Digital Import SL 1%
- Video Digital Soluciones SL 1%
- Pulse Cinemas Holdings Limited 1%
- Pulse Cinemas Limited 1%
- prodyTel Distribution GmbH 0.51%
- Midwich Portugal Unipessoal Lda 1%
- Dry Hire Lighting Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 2 May 2025 the Company issued 1 share to its parent company for £93,000k, resulting in a corresponding reduction in amounts payable to group undertakings. On the same day the Company passed a resolution to reduce share premium of £93,005k, which resulted in a corresponding increase in retained earnings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Lauren Frances | Secretary | 2026-02-20 | — | — |
| BLIGH, Philip Benjamin | Director | 2025-12-23 | Jul 1982 | British |
| COUNCELL, Adam Thomas | Director | 2026-03-02 | Jun 1978 | British |
| FENBY, Stephen Barry | Director | 2004-11-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FENBY, Jane Frances | Secretary | 2011-04-15 | 2016-06-01 |
| FENBY, Stephen Barry | Secretary | 2004-11-30 | 2019-06-20 |
| GARNHAM, Andrew Kenneth | Secretary | 2020-09-30 | 2025-12-23 |
| PULFORD, Roger William | Secretary | 2000-10-18 | 2004-11-30 |
| STEVENS, Colin Roland | Secretary | — | 1999-05-04 |
| STEVENSON, Roy Blandford | Secretary | 1999-05-04 | 2000-10-18 |
| SZLACHTA, Przemek | Secretary | 2019-06-20 | 2020-09-30 |
| BAILEY, Anthony Michael George | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2018-06-30 |
| CULLEY, Nicholas David | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2013-11-08 |
| HOWELL, Robin Michael Owen | Director | — | 2001-02-15 |
| LAMB, Stephen | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2026-02-27 |
| LEWITT, Darren Paul | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2015-11-25 |
| PULFORD, Roger William | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2004-09-27 |
| PYE, John Edward Nicholas | Director | — | 2008-02-28 |
| STEVENS, Colin Roland | Director | — | 1999-05-04 |
| STEVENSON, Roy Blandford | Director | 1999-05-04 | 2000-10-18 |
| WARD, Alexander Christopher | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2015-11-25 |
| WATKINS, Robert Stephen | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2005-08-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwich Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-09 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
0%
£263,030,000 £263,155,000
-
Cash
-16.2%
£642,000 £538,000
-
Net assets
-41.5%
£18,028,000 £10,552,000
-
Employees
-5%
423 402
-
Operating profit
-69.5%
£12,496,000 £3,810,000
-
Profit before tax
-43.6%
£21,606,000 £12,194,000
-
Wages
+8.5%
£15,505,000 £16,820,000
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