MCMULLEN & SONS, LIMITED
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Cash
£12M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£195M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,393
Average over period
Profit before tax
£19M
Period ending 2024-09-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-06-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £113,565,000 | £122,657,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £12,339,000 | £16,089,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £15,554,000 | £19,422,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £13,029,000 | £14,425,000 | — | |
| Cash | £10,722,000 | £12,348,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £196,387,000 | £206,408,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £184,974,000 | £194,526,000 | — | |
| Equity | £184,974,000 | £194,526,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 1,440 | 1,393 | — | |
| Wages | £36,272,000 | £37,937,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,171,000 | £1,211,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.6% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 43.60x | — |
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
- RSM UK AUDIT LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the Financial Statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Financial Statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the Parent 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.”
Group structure
- MCMULLEN & SONS, LIMITED · parent
- McMullen's of Hertford Limited 100%
- G.B. Christie Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The underlying results for the 52 weeks to 28th September 2024 show a profit before corporation tax of £16.4m, a pleasing 34.4% increase on the previous year.”
- “£2.9m of profit before corporation tax, shown under non-underlying results, relates to the revaluation and disposal of property, the majority of which is due to the revaluation of Wetherspoons in Watford, which was disposed of in October 2024.”
- “We acquired three sites in the financial year. Both the Duke of York and Royal Vauxhall Tavern were acquired as free-of-tie leases. The Lock Tavern in Camden was acquired in April.”
- “The Board is recommending a total dividend for the year at 11.60p (10.1078p in 2023). Separately, and outside the ordinary course, in August an exceptional dividend of 10.6708p was paid to shareholders.”
- “Fergus McMullen retired as an executive director in September but remains on the Board as a non-executive director.”
- “This is my 22nd and final Chairman's Statement as I will retire at the AGM on 25th February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENFOLD, Alison | Secretary | 2015-10-06 | — | — |
| GOULD, Stephen | Director | 2025-02-11 | Mar 1968 | British |
| MCMULLEN, Alexander Brodie | Director | 2016-12-30 | Aug 1981 | British |
| MCMULLEN, David Shaun | Director | — | Apr 1945 | British |
| MCMULLEN, Thomas Peter | Director | 2013-03-27 | Jul 1976 | British |
| MIZON, Heydon | Director | 2013-03-27 | May 1974 | British |
| STRATHERN, Jenny | Director | 2019-01-14 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Clive Francis | Secretary | — | 2010-09-30 |
| LYTHGOE, John Stephen | Secretary | 2010-09-30 | 2011-01-04 |
| MCMULLEN, Thomas Peter | Secretary | 2011-01-04 | 2015-10-06 |
| BRIMS, Charles David | Director | 2003-07-29 | 2025-02-25 |
| COLBOURNE, Kenneth Michael | Director | — | 2004-09-30 |
| FURNESS SMITH, Peter Horatio Cecil | Director | 1998-10-12 | 2017-07-31 |
| GILL, Steven | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| KITSON, Andrew William | Director | 1991-09-16 | 1998-08-14 |
| LYTHGOE, John Stephen | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2016-12-30 |
| MCMULLEN, Fergus John | Director | 1991-05-21 | 2026-02-08 |
| MCMULLEN, Ian Peter | Director | — | 2018-05-01 |
| MCMULLEN, John Christopher | Director | — | 2018-03-28 |
| MCMULLEN, Osmond James George | Director | — | 1994-12-03 |
| NEWBURY, Andrew Wayne | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| SKIPPER, Anthony John | Director | — | 2001-11-18 |
| THORNEYCROFT, Martin | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2000-09-22 |
| WOODROW, David Robert Edgar | Director | — | 1991-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-10-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-08-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.