MANTON WOOD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+95.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£56M
-17.4% vs 2023
Employees
1,150
+6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
+58.1% vs 2023
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 | £146,649,000 | £157,677,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£11,315,000 | -£4,737,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,315,000 | -£4,737,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,880,000 | -£8,277,000 | |
| Cash | £6,694,000 | £13,057,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£47,551,000 | -£55,211,000 | |
| Net assets | -£47,551,000 | -£55,828,000 | |
| Equity | -£47,551,000 | -£55,828,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,079 | 1,150 | |
| Wages | £29,060,000 | £33,813,000 |
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 | -7.7% | -3.0% | |
| Net margin | -5.4% | -5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.8% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.23x | 0.23x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Manton Wood Limited is part of a larger group, headed by Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited ("the Group"). Manton Wood Limited is party to the group banking facilities and Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited has confirmed its intention to provide continuing financial support to enable the Company to settle its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the Company ran its historic Charity Challenge event in the Lake District raising a record-breaking £406,000 for 75 different charities.”
- “On 1 October 2024, there was a change in ownership and the Directors now regard Chetwode Trustees 1 Limited and Chetwode Trustees 2 Limited to be the ultimate controlling parties by virtue of their interest in the share capital of Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SAMWORTH, Mark Charles Chetwode | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Timothy James | Secretary | 2019-01-26 | 2024-01-02 |
| BAILEY, Steven Clive | Director | 2019-01-26 | 2023-12-31 |
| BOPARAN, Ranjit Singh | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-01-26 |
| DAVEY, Paul John | Director | 2019-01-26 | 2025-12-31 |
| FLETCHER, Martyn Paul | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2018-07-31 |
| HEALY, Flor Aiden | Director | 2019-01-26 | 2022-05-27 |
| MAHONEY, Richard Hugo Wyndham | Director | 2022-05-27 | 2024-06-24 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| TOMKINSON, Craig Ashley | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-01-26 |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2018-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samworth Brothers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+7.5%
£146,649,000 £157,677,000
-
Cash
+95.1%
£6,694,000 £13,057,000
-
Net assets
-17.4%
-£47,551,000 -£55,828,000
-
Employees
+6.6%
1,079 1,150
-
Operating profit
+58.1%
-£11,315,000 -£4,737,000
-
Profit before tax
+58.1%
-£11,315,000 -£4,737,000
-
Wages
+16.4%
£29,060,000 £33,813,000
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