MOORCROFT GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
+23.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+3.1% vs 2024
Employees
415
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-12.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MOORCROFT GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1996-02-23 → present
- MOORCROFT FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 1991-08-01 → 1996-02-23
- NWT FINANCE LIMITED 1983-03-03 → 1991-08-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,298,499 | £33,317,591 | |
| Operating profit | £4,017,165 | £3,317,615 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,965,390 | £3,470,950 | |
| Net profit | £2,935,372 | £2,550,397 | |
| Cash | £18,500,804 | £22,802,225 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,781,849 | £18,332,246 | |
| Net assets | £17,781,849 | £18,332,246 | |
| Equity | £17,781,849 | £18,332,246 | |
| Average employees | 429 | 415 | |
| Wages | £14,842,926 | £15,545,901 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.6% | 18.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 8.30x | 7.31x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- MOORCROFT GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Moorcroft Debt Recovery Limited 100%
- Moorcroft Investments Limited 100%
- Home Collection Services Limited 100%
- Moorcroft Financial Services Limited 100%
- Moorcroft Computer Services Limited 100%
- Moorcroft Investigation Services Limited 100%
- Midas Credit Services Limited 100%
- Debt Surveillance Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCROBERTS, Aaron Matthew | Secretary | 2024-01-16 | — | — |
| MARTIN-MCROBERTS, Amanda Jane | Director | — | Jan 1970 | British |
| MCROBERTS, Andrew James | Director | — | Sep 1965 | British |
| MCROBERTS, Neil George | Director | — | Jan 1943 | British |
| MCROBERTS, Rodney Neil | Director | — | Mar 1967 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCROBERTS, Andrew James | Secretary | — | 2024-01-16 |
| MCROBERTS, Sandra Margaret | Director | — | 2015-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neil George Mcroberts | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-06-19 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2018-01-25 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+3.2%
£32,298,499 £33,317,591
-
Cash
+23.2%
£18,500,804 £22,802,225
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£17,781,849 £18,332,246
-
Employees
-3.3%
429 415
-
Operating profit
-17.4%
£4,017,165 £3,317,615
-
Profit before tax
-12.5%
£3,965,390 £3,470,950
-
Wages
+4.7%
£14,842,926 £15,545,901
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