MELBOURNE HOLDINGS LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +27.2%

  £40,147,539 → £51,070,938

• Cash

  -11.3%

  £23,021,069 → £20,421,518

• Net assets

  +6.1%

  £97,856,414 → £103,801,802

• Employees

  -13.4%

  142 → 123

• Operating profit

  +35%

  £6,451,560 → £8,706,945

• Profit before tax

  -41.1%

  £14,169,796 → £8,349,786

• Wages

  +6.9%

  £4,579,326 → £4,894,029

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

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.

1. MELBOURNE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1989-01-24 → present
2. J.L. PRIESTLEY & CO. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1979-07-16 → 1989-01-24

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Wright Vigar Limited

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.”

Group structure

1. MELBOURNE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
   1. Melbourne Property Ltd 100% · Letting and operating of own or leased real estate
   2. Melbourne Food Group Limited 100% · England · Managing and holding investments
   3. Ladysmith Developments Limited 100% · England · Residential property development and sales
   4. Smith Construction (Heckington) Limited 75% · England · Building contractors
   5. The Roasting Company Limited 85% · England · Roasting and packaging of dried nuts
   6. Chiltern Natural Foods Limited 100% · England · Manufacturing of cereals-based foods
   7. Melbourne Construction Limited 100% · England · Managing and holding investments
   8. Thorncliffs Limited 50.02% · England · Sale and leasing of agricultural machinery
   9. Melbourne Leisure Holdings Limited 100% · England · Hotel, food and beverage.
   10. Stickney Chase Limited 51% · England · Property development
   11. Meridian Walk Limited 100% · England · Property development
   12. Gallery Walk Limited 100% · England · Property development
   13. Cathedral View Developments Limited 100% · England · Property development
   14. Westmoreland Farms Limited 100% · England · Mixed farming
   15. JL Priestley Bulk Services Limited 100% · England · Freight transport
   16. Highgate Meadow Ltd 100% · England · Property development

Significant events

• “Transfer of group rental properties to Melbourne Property Ltd in the year.”
• “J.L. Priestley & Co. Limited was disposed as a subsidiary on 20 January 2023. The fair value of the consideration paid was £9,000,000.”
• “A loan provision with Paxton Investments Limited was made, and profit on disposal of land and buildings in Melbourne Holdings Limited was recorded as exceptional items.”
• “Prior year adjustment made due to insurance proceeds for a 2021 fire not being accounted for correctly, resulting in a £457,739 increase to retained earnings.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.