GERALD MCDONALD & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£8.9M
+53.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+6.1% vs 2024
Employees
51
+4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.9M
-9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,530,993 | £36,766,641 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,089,788 | £2,791,338 | -9.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,233,486 | £2,915,907 | -9.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,415,452 | £2,184,467 | -9.6% | |
| Cash | £5,799,814 | £8,906,484 | +53.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,434,132 | £17,433,465 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,373,614 | £17,375,110 | +6.1% | |
| Equity | £16,373,614 | £17,375,110 | +6.1% | |
| Average employees | 49 | 51 | +4.1% | |
| Wages | £2,590,769 | £2,636,654 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £909,835 | £704,588 | -22.6% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.8% | 16.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.48x | 3.74x |
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
- Barrow LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's customer base consists largely big businesses, with whom it has maintained longstanding relationships. These stable relationships provide assurance regarding the ongoing continuity of trading activities. In addition, the Company retains sufficient cash reserves to meet its operational funding needs, which supports the directors' view that adequate resources are available to sustain operations for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- GERALD MCDONALD & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Gerald McDonald (Herbs & Spices) Limited 100%
- Gerald McDonald Asia Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In August 2025, subsequent to the year end, the Company completed the acquisition of Demos Ciclitira Limited and George Harker and Co Limited. This transaction represents a significant step in the Company's strategy to broaden its product offering and strengthen its position within the UK food ingredients market.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Stephen Derek | Director | 2016-09-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| MCDONALD, Gerald Alistair | Director | — | Mar 1955 | British |
| MCDONALD, Maria Elena | Director | 2007-06-14 | Dec 1950 | British |
| MCDONALD, Maxim Gerald | Director | 2016-09-01 | May 1983 | British |
| SMITH, Wayne Peter | Director | 2021-11-16 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEW, Frank Arthur | Secretary | — | 2014-05-31 |
| HATT, Kenneth William Charles | Director | — | 2007-06-14 |
| MCDONALD, Gerald Ian Michael | Director | — | 2006-12-05 |
| MCDONALD, Henny Martha | Director | — | 2006-12-05 |
| MOSS, Andrew Charles Bentham | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2025-01-14 |
| TEW, Frank Arthur | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2014-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerald Alistair Mcdonald | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.