M.B. CROCKER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3K
-42.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+9.1% vs 2024
Employees
38
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-55.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,496,722 | £18,978,658 | |
| Operating profit | £5,077,980 | £3,304,968 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,033,142 | £2,254,537 | |
| Net profit | £3,834,964 | £1,475,893 | |
| Cash | £4,738 | £2,733 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,157,982 | £21,633,375 | |
| Net assets | £16,157,982 | £17,633,375 | |
| Equity | £16,157,982 | £17,633,375 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 38 | |
| Wages | £1,026,987 | £1,037,785 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.0% | 17.4% | |
| Net margin | 19.7% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.2% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.7% | 34.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | 99.36x | 7.47x |
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
- Moore Scarrott Audit Limited
- 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 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
- M.B. CROCKER LIMITED · parent
- Liquid Egg Co Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors expect the business to continue operating along similar lines to the current year for the initial part of the next financial year. However, they recognise that market conditions may become more challenging in the latter half of the year, potentially impacting profitability and growth.”
- “At 31 March 2025, M B Crocker Limited had contracted to purchase new equipment for the hen houses at the Henstridge site for a total consideration of £2,148,164.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROCKER, Paul David | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CROCKER, Mary Beatrice | Director | — | Apr 1934 | British |
| CROCKER, Paul David | Director | — | Jun 1962 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROCKER, David George Hann | Director | — | 2023-09-03 |
| EVANS, Vivian Clive | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2020-09-14 |
| NEVILLE, William John Warwick | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2025-10-01 |
| STANLEY, Graeme John | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2025-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul David Crocker | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2022-05-31 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Crocker | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£19,496,722 £18,978,658
-
Cash
-42.3%
£4,738 £2,733
-
Net assets
+9.1%
£16,157,982 £17,633,375
-
Employees
-2.6%
39 38
-
Operating profit
-34.9%
£5,077,980 £3,304,968
-
Profit before tax
-55.2%
£5,033,142 £2,254,537
-
Wages
+1.1%
£1,026,987 £1,037,785
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