MARBLELANE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
Equity attributable
Employees
48
Average over period
Profit before tax
£843K
Period ending 2025-05-03
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-04 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,071,000 | £19,804,000 | |
| Operating profit | £390,000 | £699,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £369,000 | £843,000 | |
| Net profit | £364,000 | £555,000 | |
| Cash | £7,229,000 | £4,309,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,335,000 | £15,956,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,807,000 | £15,042,000 | |
| Equity | £14,807,000 | £15,042,000 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 48 | |
| Wages | £1,507,000 | £1,818,000 |
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 | 2023-11-04 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.23x | 4.26x | |
| Interest cover | 2.58x | 4.06x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared and reviewed trading projections for a period not less than 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MARBLELANE LIMITED · parent
- Shropshire Energy (UK) Limited 100%
- East Coast Growers Limited 100%
- Feltwell Growers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 November 2025, the Company re-designated certain shares as follows: 1 E Ordinary share of £1.00- 1 F Ordinary share of £1.00 1 H Ordinary share of £1.00- 1 F Ordinary share of £1.00 1 J Ordinary share of £1.00- 1 F Ordinary share of £1.00 1 E Ordinary share of £1.00 -1 G Ordinary share of £1.00 1 I Ordinary share of £1.00-1G Ordinary share of £1.00 1 K Ordinary share of £1.00 -1 G Ordinary share of £1.00”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHROPSHIRE, Guy Peter | Director | 2000-09-22 | Aug 1957 | British |
| SHROPSHIRE, John Bourne | Director | 2000-09-22 | Apr 1955 | British |
| THOMPSON, David | Director | 2004-03-24 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, David | Secretary | 2000-09-22 | 2026-04-09 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-22 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Bourne Shropshire | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-24 |
| Mr Guy Peter Shropshire | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-26 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-06-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-03 vs 2023-11-04