MILL NURSERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-08 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-22
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-3.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+23.9% vs 2023
Employees
80
-5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+1,993.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,027,095 | £6,227,202 | £7,505,503 | £6,747,639 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £892,726 | £680,926 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£306,754 | £5,809,099 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £30,821 | £4,429,346 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,456,071 | £2,368,428 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £21,554,079 | £27,185,466 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £18,546,855 | £22,974,201 | |
| Equity | £15,611,156 | £18,520,034 | £18,546,855 | £22,974,201 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 85 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,913,296 | £1,795,586 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 11.9% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.4% | 65.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 4.1% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.45x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 39.02x | 78.79x |
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
- Dutton Moore
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors consider that the going concern basis of accounting should be used in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MILL NURSERIES LIMITED · parent
- delight Salads Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group received a loan during the year ended 31 December 2019. The loan which was repayable by annual instalments, with interest payable quarterly, was repaid during the year.”
- “During the year the group received a loan of £250,000 which is interest free and repayable on demand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit | Secretary | 1997-12-22 | — | British |
| DE LANG, Catharina Audrey Jayne | Director | 2004-07-09 | May 1970 | British |
| DE LANG, David Roy | Director | 1997-12-22 | Jul 1964 | British |
| DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit | Director | 1997-12-22 | Dec 1962 | British |
| DE LANG, Robert Johannes | Director | 1997-12-22 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATHAM, Alistair Ian Manson | Secretary | 1997-11-07 | 1997-12-22 |
| DE LANG, Gerrit | Director | 1997-12-22 | 2002-11-16 |
| PROCTER, Andrew Charles Travers | Director | 1997-11-07 | 1997-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hermanus Gerrit De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Mr David Roy De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Mr Robert Johannes De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Ms Catharina Audrey Jayne De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-10.1%
£7,505,503 £6,747,639
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Cash
-3.6%
£2,456,071 £2,368,428
-
Net assets
+23.9%
£18,546,855 £22,974,201
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Employees
-5.9%
85 80
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Operating profit
-23.7%
£892,726 £680,926
-
Profit before tax
+1,993.7%
-£306,754 £5,809,099
-
Wages
-6.2%
£1,913,296 £1,795,586
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