MERISANT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-18 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-04
Watchouts
Cash
£272K
-57.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
13
+18.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£301K
+7.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MERISANT UK LIMITED 2000-04-03 → present
- TABLETOP U.K., LTD 2000-03-07 → 2000-04-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,297,896 | £13,906,489 | |
| Operating profit | £281,230 | £301,483 | |
| Profit before tax | £281,230 | £301,483 | |
| Net profit | £200,106 | £234,286 | |
| Cash | £641,127 | £271,781 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,448,580 | £4,674,788 | |
| Net assets | £4,472,283 | £4,706,569 | |
| Equity | £4,472,283 | £4,706,569 | |
| Average employees | 11 | 13 | |
| Wages | £930,698 | £843,998 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.6% | 8.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.67x | 11.77x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts for the going concern assessment period of 12 months from signing of the financial statements, which take into consideration the current economic conditions and global events. This assessment Indicates that the company will continue to be cash generative given the ongoing trading environment and trading arrangements with the Group under a sale and distribution agreement that ensures a minimum level of profit. Further, the Directors have obtained a letter of support from their immediate parent, Merisant Company 2 Sàrl, and from intermediate parent, Sweet Oak Holdco LLC, confirming that they are able and willing to provide financial support to the company for a period of at least 12 months from signing of the financial statements, enabling the Company to meet it's liabilities as and when they fall due throughout that period.”
Significant events
- “On September 26th, 2025, the Board of Directors approved a dividend distribution to the shareholders equivalent to accumulated retained earnings of £4,406,569. The dividend has not been accounted for within the current year financial statements as it was approved post year end. The dividend will not be settled in cash but will be recorded as a current liability, representing an amount payable to shareholders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUTSON, Nick | Secretary | 2025-08-12 | — | — |
| BAUDRY, Armand Jean Maurice, Mister | Director | 2018-01-22 | Sep 1963 | French |
| RIGOTTI FIAUX, Bernardo | Director | 2023-04-24 | Aug 1989 | Brazilian |
| TERAN ALCANTARA, Maria Fernanda, Ms. | Director | 2024-11-13 | May 1987 | American |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLE, Jonathan | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2015-05-31 |
| FERGUSON, Diana Sue | Secretary | 2007-07-17 | 2008-04-01 |
| KNOCK, Jerry George | Secretary | 2000-07-11 | 2003-09-29 |
| NOCCHIERO, Anthony Joseph | Secretary | 2006-09-23 | 2007-07-17 |
| PORTEOUS, Lynn | Secretary | 2003-09-29 | 2006-12-31 |
| SMITH, Jenni | Secretary | 2019-02-02 | 2019-07-01 |
| URI, David Scott | Secretary | 2000-03-07 | 2000-07-11 |
| YOUNG, Ali | Secretary | 2019-08-01 | 2025-08-12 |
| BERGER, Jonathan Israel | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2000-07-11 |
| BLOCK, Paul Robert | Director | 2005-05-05 | 2014-12-31 |
| CHERRY, Douglas Wayne, Mr. | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2016-03-10 |
| COLE, Jonathan | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2015-05-31 |
| CULVER, Melanie Peacock | Director | 2000-07-11 | 2001-03-19 |
| FERGUSON, Diana Sue | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2008-04-01 |
| FRANKLIN, Michael Ellis, Mr. | Director | 2023-04-07 | 2023-10-06 |
| HOROWITH, Alison Margaret | Director | 2015-02-05 | 2015-07-15 |
| JACKSON, Randy | Director | 2000-07-11 | 2001-03-19 |
| KNOCK, Jerry George | Director | 2000-07-11 | 2003-07-15 |
| MANZONE, Albert Ange | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2023-01-01 |
| MURPHY, Paul Francis, Director | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2016-02-26 |
| NOCCHIERO, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2006-09-23 | 2007-07-17 |
| PORTEOUS, Lynn | Director | 2003-09-29 | 2006-09-23 |
| PORTWOOD, Duane, Mr. | Director | 2022-01-10 | 2023-04-24 |
| ROSADO, Trisha, Chief Financial Officer | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2016-10-05 |
| RUSIE, Andrew Peter, Cfo | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2021-10-08 |
| SAVALLE, Raphael, Mister | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2019-10-17 |
| SCHLUSSEL, Ira Walter, Mister | Director | 2016-06-21 | 2024-11-11 |
| VEBER, Etienne Jacques Marie | Director | 2003-09-29 | 2005-05-05 |
| WARSCHAUSKY, Carl William | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2003-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Martin Ellis Franklin | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-08-05 | Active |
| Mister Armand Baudry | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2024-08-05 |
| Mister Raphael Savalle | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-10-05 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-17 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-9.1%
£15,297,896 £13,906,489
-
Cash
-57.6%
£641,127 £271,781
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£4,472,283 £4,706,569
-
Employees
+18.2%
11 13
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Operating profit
+7.2%
£281,230 £301,483
-
Profit before tax
+7.2%
£281,230 £301,483
-
Wages
-9.3%
£930,698 £843,998
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