MATTHEW ALGIE & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-3.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£56M
+9.3% vs 2023
Employees
393
+8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+2.2% vs 2023
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 | £67,475,091 | £64,735,102 | |
| Operating profit | £4,153,108 | £4,064,525 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,210,156 | £4,300,972 | |
| Net profit | £4,197,701 | £4,928,898 | |
| Cash | £1,094,233 | £1,054,313 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,439,053 | £57,917,743 | |
| Net assets | £51,253,831 | £56,022,229 | |
| Equity | £51,253,831 | £56,022,229 | |
| Average employees | 364 | 393 | |
| Wages | £13,893,656 | £13,966,206 |
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 | 6.2% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.2% | 21.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 3.04x | |
| Interest cover | 4.69x | 5.68x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the accounts. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MATTHEW ALGIE & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Dualtrade Limited 100%
- Shearer Supplies Limited 100%
- Espresso Warehouse Limited 100%
- Matthew Algie (Ireland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2024, the Company merged with Tchibo Coffee International Ltd (TCI). This corporate restructuring marked a step change in the Company's financial performance and balance sheet position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASAMOA, Kate Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2016-08-11 | Jan 1976 | British |
| CHADDERTON, Paul | Director | 2018-10-31 | Mar 1963 | British |
| HEINEN, Thomas | Director | 2025-11-10 | Dec 1969 | German |
| SNOW, Nicholas John | Director | 2016-08-11 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOL, Gary Lawrence | Secretary | 1999-08-09 | 2016-12-23 |
| SLATER, James | Secretary | — | 1999-07-28 |
| BIGGS, David James | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2014-10-08 |
| GRIEVE, Harald Gilbertson | Director | — | 1993-12-03 |
| GRIEVE, Harvey Kyle | Director | 1993-03-18 | 2002-04-25 |
| HAGMAN, Eric | Director | 2008-06-04 | 2016-08-11 |
| MCGADEY, Peter | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| MOXHAM, Clive Wilson | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2008-08-19 |
| MOYES, Andrew Mark | Director | 2017-12-31 | 2018-06-04 |
| MUIR, Gordon James Graham | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2011-12-07 |
| NICOL, Gary Lawrence | Director | 2000-02-22 | 2016-12-23 |
| O'HAGAN, Brian | Director | 2014-10-03 | 2017-12-31 |
| REID, Ewan Wallace | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| SLATER, James | Director | — | 1999-08-09 |
| WILLIAMSON, Charles Andrew | Director | — | 2005-04-18 |
| WILLIAMSON, David Robert | Director | 1993-03-18 | 2008-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Herz | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-01-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
-4.1%
£67,475,091 £64,735,102
-
Cash
-3.6%
£1,094,233 £1,054,313
-
Net assets
+9.3%
£51,253,831 £56,022,229
-
Employees
+8%
364 393
-
Operating profit
-2.1%
£4,153,108 £4,064,525
-
Profit before tax
+2.2%
£4,210,156 £4,300,972
-
Wages
+0.5%
£13,893,656 £13,966,206
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