MOULTON BULB COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+112% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+14.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
317
+9.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+57.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £69,409,224 | £89,225,804 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,644,560 | £2,696,726 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,483,240 | £2,342,370 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,070,306 | £1,701,185 | |
| Cash | £422,003 | — | — | £1,244,821 | £2,638,974 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,746,452 | — | — | £13,706,265 | £16,717,378 | |
| Net assets | £10,304,003 | — | — | £11,783,008 | £13,484,193 | |
| Equity | £10,304,003 | £10,612,942 | £10,205,476 | £11,783,008 | £13,484,193 | |
| Average employees | 301 | — | — | 289 | 317 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £9,370,425 | £10,126,167 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £1,224,780 | £819,001 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+28.6%
£69,409,224 £89,225,804
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Cash
+112%
£1,244,821 £2,638,974
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
+14.4%
£11,783,008 £13,484,193
highest in 3 filed years
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Employees
+9.7%
289 317
highest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
+64%
£1,644,560 £2,696,726
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Profit before tax
+57.9%
£1,483,240 £2,342,370
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Wages
+8.1%
£9,370,425 £10,126,167
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.4% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.5% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 12.0% | 16.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 53.9% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.52x | 1.64x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 5.86x | 7.28x |
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
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and 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
- MOULTON BULB COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Goldwood (Moulton) Limited 100%
- Goldwood (Holbeach) Limited 100%
- Moulton Bulb Imports Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Jane Roberta Ashby | Secretary | — | — | British |
| COOKE, Jane Roberta Ashby | Director | — | Jan 1949 | British |
| GREETHAM, Alfred Richard | Director | 1994-11-10 | Oct 1962 | British |
| GRIMWOOD, Denis John | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| OLDERSHAW JNR, Robert Henry | Director | 2003-07-23 | Apr 1979 | British |
| OLDERSHAW SNR, Robert Henry | Director | — | Mar 1952 | British |
| POSEY, Bridgett Lucy | Director | — | Jun 1958 | British |
| WOODROW, Christopher Jamie | Director | 2012-05-02 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGSON, David William | Director | 2007-05-21 | 2019-03-29 |
| OLDERSHAW, Gilbert | Director | — | 1997-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Denis John Grimwood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-28 |
| Mr Robert Henry Oldershaw Snr | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-25 | 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
- 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.