MWI BUYING GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+41.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+7.4% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-2.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MWI BUYING GROUP LIMITED 2021-04-29 → present
- ST. FRANCIS LIMITED 1991-06-06 → 2021-04-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,497,770 | £2,484,244 | |
| Operating profit | £1,360,495 | £1,289,519 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,317,626 | £1,287,255 | |
| Net profit | £781,035 | £965,795 | |
| Cash | £1,584,128 | £2,236,947 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,032,755 | £13,998,550 | |
| Net assets | £13,032,755 | £13,998,550 | |
| Equity | £13,032,755 | £13,998,550 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 54.5% | 51.9% | |
| Net margin | 31.3% | 38.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 6.47x | 13.20x | |
| Interest cover | 31.74x | 569.58x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the company's forecasts and its continued growth in market share, the Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The company is part of a Group, and the primary trading company, Cencora Inc., has provided the Company with an undertaking from the date of approval of these Financial Statements, for the period to 31 January 2026 (the going concern period), that they will continue to provide support to enable the company to meet its liabilities.”
Significant events
- “During the year the company changed its name from St Francis Limited to MWI Buying Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Lisa | Secretary | 2025-08-28 | — | — |
| CLEARY JR, James F | Director | 2015-12-02 | Jul 1968 | American |
| GOSNEY, Leana | Director | 2025-06-20 | Oct 1983 | British |
| SHELL, Steven Daniel | Director | 2022-06-29 | May 1960 | American |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURLEY, Graham John | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| HODGKIN, John Bonham | Secretary | 1991-06-06 | 2010-06-07 |
| PAULL, Andrew | Secretary | 2016-07-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| STEPHENSON, Simon Paul | Secretary | 2010-06-07 | 2015-12-02 |
| TOPPER, Brian | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | 2019-07-01 |
| WEBB, Samantha | Secretary | 2024-10-14 | 2025-08-28 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-06-06 | 1991-06-06 |
| BURLEY, Graham John | Director | 2024-10-14 | 2025-06-20 |
| CHOU, John Gardner | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2022-07-01 |
| HARBORD, David | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2014-11-12 |
| HODGKIN, John Bonham | Director | 1991-06-06 | 2015-12-02 |
| HODGKIN, Sarah Gillian Roberts | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2010-03-24 |
| HORNER, David Alistair | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2014-11-12 |
| MACDONALD, Neil Morrison | Director | 1991-06-06 | 1994-01-07 |
| PARK, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2015-12-02 |
| SHAW, Mark Jeffrey | Director | 2018-11-02 | 2021-12-01 |
| STEPHENSON, Simon Paul | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2015-12-02 |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Mark Edward | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2014-11-12 |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Robin | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2014-11-12 |
| THOMPSON, Mary Patricia | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2018-11-02 |
| TINSLEY, David John | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2015-12-02 |
| WHITTAKER, George Anthony David | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2015-12-02 |
| WILLIS, Keith Andrew | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2015-12-02 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-06-06 | 1991-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mwi Supply (Uk Acquisition) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-26 | Active |
| St Francis (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-26 |
| Mwi Supply (Uk Acquisition) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-0.5%
£2,497,770 £2,484,244
-
Cash
+41.2%
£1,584,128 £2,236,947
-
Net assets
+7.4%
£13,032,755 £13,998,550
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-5.2%
£1,360,495 £1,289,519
-
Profit before tax
-2.3%
£1,317,626 £1,287,255
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