MARS PETCARE UK

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. MARS PETCARE UK 2010-11-01 → present
2. MARS PETCARE UK LIMITED 2008-07-24 → 2010-11-01
3. 3600TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2008-07-18 → 2008-07-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on this assessment, the directors are of the opinion that the Company has adequate resources to meet its financial obligations as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Significant events

• “During the period sales fell which reflects the fall in volume, in response to pricing increases to tackle high inflation pressures.”
• “The business continues to concentrate its research and development efforts on improving its product ranges.”
• “The business continues to monitor the ongoing changes of the United Kingdom and Global inflationary increases.”
• “The principal climate-related risks and opportunities for the Company are transitional risks associated with current and future government and regulatory measures and the physical risks connected with changes in precipitation and weather patterns pose a risk to the cost and availability of good quality agricultural raw materials and severe weather that has the potential to disrupt operations at, or immediate supply chains to, locations at rates above historical averages.”
• “During 2024, at Mars Petcare UK, we have undertaken several energy efficiency activities. At our Melton site, we have undertaken activities such implementing an ultrasonic air leak detection system to pinpoint and mitigate any leaks.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.8%

  £785,076,000 → £778,650,000

• Cash

  -17.2%

  £3,105,000 → £2,572,000

• Net assets

  -35.6%

  £562,145,000 → £361,825,000

• Employees

  +5.6%

  1,477 → 1,559

• Operating profit

  -17.4%

  £77,408,000 → £63,972,000

• Profit before tax

  -15.4%

  £106,663,000 → £90,217,000

• Wages

  +29.7%

  £103,880,000 → £134,710,000

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