MARS FOOD UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-0.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£130M
-25.3% vs 2023
Employees
252
-3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£25M
-13.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MARS FOOD UK LIMITED 2008-07-24 → present
- 3598TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2008-07-18 → 2008-07-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £190,594,000 | £196,358,000 | |
| Operating profit | £21,545,000 | £17,851,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £29,481,000 | £25,395,000 | |
| Net profit | £22,529,000 | £19,186,000 | |
| Cash | £1,123,000 | £1,115,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £201,064,000 | £151,946,000 | |
| Net assets | £174,103,000 | £130,133,000 | |
| Equity | £174,103,000 | £130,133,000 | |
| Average employees | 262 | 252 | |
| Wages | £26,058,000 | £25,706,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.99x | 2.42x | |
| Interest cover | 1133.95x | — |
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
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINCHAM, Matthew | Director | 2025-04-08 | Nov 1989 | British |
| FRIEDMAN, Timothy William | Director | 2022-04-05 | May 1970 | British |
| GOPIENKO, Pavel | Director | 2024-08-27 | Jun 1978 | Russian |
| THOMPSON, Richard | Director | 2022-04-11 | Aug 1984 | British |
| WOOD, Kajal | Director | 2021-05-05 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN, Margaret Alison | Secretary | 2008-07-24 | 2012-07-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Carol | Secretary | 2012-07-06 | 2017-12-29 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-25 |
| BROCKMAN, Keith | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2016-05-25 |
| EVISON, Emma Louise | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2016-03-31 |
| GUTHRIE-BROWN, Stuart | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2014-12-15 |
| HAINES, David James | Director | 2016-08-09 | 2019-08-14 |
| HUGHES, Robert | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2011-04-27 |
| JORDAN, Margaret Alison | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2012-07-06 |
| KIMBERLEY, Helen Michelle | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2025-04-08 |
| LANGER, Ian James | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2021-07-02 |
| PARTON, Andrew Richard | Director | 2016-08-09 | 2024-03-12 |
| READE, Nicholas William | Director | 2024-05-23 | 2026-02-05 |
| SARGEANT, Craig Andrew | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2021-02-20 |
| SELBY, Helen Kathryn | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2020-03-20 |
| TOPALIAN, Armen | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2023-01-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Carol | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2017-12-29 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-24 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Slough Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-15 | Ceased 2023-02-15 |
| Mars Petcare Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-15 | Ceased 2023-02-15 |
| Food Manufacturers (G.B. Company) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-15 | Active |
| Mars Melton Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+3%
£190,594,000 £196,358,000
-
Cash
-0.7%
£1,123,000 £1,115,000
-
Net assets
-25.3%
£174,103,000 £130,133,000
-
Employees
-3.8%
262 252
-
Operating profit
-17.1%
£21,545,000 £17,851,000
-
Profit before tax
-13.9%
£29,481,000 £25,395,000
-
Wages
-1.4%
£26,058,000 £25,706,000
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