MFS INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£89M
+2.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£116M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
194
+2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£197M
-3.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £382,676,000 | £375,174,000 | |
| Operating profit | £199,437,000 | £192,596,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £203,511,000 | £196,594,000 | |
| Net profit | £152,335,000 | £146,963,000 | |
| Cash | £86,786,000 | £89,202,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £126,617,000 | £122,092,000 | |
| Net assets | £118,565,000 | £116,282,000 | |
| Equity | £118,565,000 | £116,282,000 | |
| Average employees | 190 | 194 | |
| Wages | £90,294,000 | £91,261,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 52.1% | 51.3% | |
| Net margin | 39.8% | 39.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 157.5% | 157.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.7% | 24.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.54x | 4.12x | |
| Interest cover | 807.44x | 967.82x |
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
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the MFS group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MFS INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- MFS International Switzerland GmbH 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRAGE, Richard Alexander | Director | 2025-09-18 | Nov 1975 | British |
| FREESTONE, Mitchell | Director | 2006-01-01 | Aug 1961 | British,American |
| GOURGEY, Gabrielle Josephine | Director | 2017-05-15 | Feb 1970 | British |
| WARNES, Jonathan David | Director | 2026-03-26 | Jun 1984 | British |
| WEISSER, Matthew Laughlin | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1978 | American,British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Robert Thomas | Secretary | 2004-03-15 | 2004-07-23 |
| CARP, Jeffrey N | Secretary | 2004-07-23 | 2006-01-30 |
| CAVAN, Stephen Edward | Secretary | 1995-08-15 | 2004-03-15 |
| HARDIN, Heidi Walter | Secretary | 2017-03-21 | 2019-06-10 |
| POLEBAUM, Mark Neal | Secretary | 2006-01-30 | 2017-03-21 |
| LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-05-24 | 1995-08-15 |
| BALLEN, John William | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2004-02-13 |
| BEAULIEU, Martin E | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2011-10-03 |
| BEAULIEU, Martin E | Director | 2004-03-15 | 2006-01-01 |
| BERNARD, Anne Marie | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2017-12-08 |
| BORDEWICK JNR, James Richard | Director | 1995-08-15 | 1996-11-01 |
| BRODKIN, Alan Keith | Director | 1995-08-15 | 1998-02-02 |
| CASHMAN, Thomas | Director | 1997-07-30 | 2002-03-31 |
| CAVAN, Stephen Edward | Director | 1995-08-15 | 2004-03-15 |
| FORRESTER, Madeline | Director | 2018-08-03 | 2025-08-31 |
| FREESTONE, Mitchell C | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2006-01-30 |
| HEALY, Anne Therese | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2013-12-31 |
| JENNINGS, Christopher Robert | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2017-12-08 |
| LAIRD, Peter Douglas | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2006-01-01 |
| LEBLEU, Oliver, Mr. | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-10-03 |
| MACE JNR, David Morrill | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2019-06-05 |
| MALEK, Ziad | Director | 1996-11-12 | 1997-06-06 |
| MANNING, Robert James | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2006-01-01 |
| MANSI, Robertson, Mr. | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2026-03-26 |
| MEDEIROS, Lina Maria Ferreira Lameiro | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2024-03-31 |
| PETIPAS, Elizabeth Marie Nichols, Ms. | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2014-08-21 |
| SAVAGE, Linda Harring | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2018-11-06 |
| SCOTT, Arnold Duane | Director | 1995-08-15 | 2001-12-31 |
| SHAMES, Jeffrey Lee | Director | 1995-08-15 | 2004-02-18 |
| WIENER, Barnaby Mark | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-01-15 |
| LEGIST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-05-24 | 1995-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-2%
£382,676,000 £375,174,000
-
Cash
+2.8%
£86,786,000 £89,202,000
-
Net assets
-1.9%
£118,565,000 £116,282,000
-
Employees
+2.1%
190 194
-
Operating profit
-3.4%
£199,437,000 £192,596,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.4%
£203,511,000 £196,594,000
-
Wages
+1.1%
£90,294,000 £91,261,000
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