M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£65M
USD 87,481,000
+10% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£455M
USD 607,658,000
+14.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
12,853
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£105M
USD 139,707,000
+23.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £230,100,314 | £264,140,590 | £277,732,445 | +5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £56,367,720 | £86,611,020 | £103,930,978 | +20% | |
| Profit before tax | £54,524,629 | £84,960,323 | £104,586,764 | +23.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £29,438,539 | £59,532,116 | £65,489,594 | +10% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £419,134,601 | £428,781,255 | £471,359,485 | +9.9% | |
| Net assets | £378,105,255 | £397,774,367 | £454,901,931 | +14.4% | |
| Equity | £363,132,954 | £397,774,367 | £454,901,931 | +14.4% | |
| Average employees | 12,810 | 12,610 | 12,853 | +1.9% | |
| Wages | £35,497,080 | £36,440,335 | £38,866,597 | +6.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,166,265 | £1,336,487 | +14.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.5% | 32.8% | 37.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 20.2% | 22.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.2% | 15.9% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 2.31x | 3.63x | |
| Interest cover | 19.76x | 33.62x | 44.38x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC 2005-02-01 → present
- ROWE EVANS INVESTMENTS PLC 1981-04-06 → 2005-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on that review, the board has concluded that the going-concern basis continues to be appropriate in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC · parent
- PT Prima MitraJaya Mandiri 100%
- PT Teguh Jayaprima Abadi 100%
- Evans Plantations 100%
- M.P. Evans & Co. Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERRICK, Katya Baptista Irene | Secretary | 2016-10-21 | — | — |
| ASHTON, Tanya | Director | 2022-08-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| COPPINGER, Katherine Jane | Director | 2025-06-13 | May 1970 | British |
| COULSON, Matthew Harrison | Director | 2017-02-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| HADSLEY-CHAPLIN, Peter Edwin | Director | — | Dec 1957 | British |
| LEE, Yuan Zhang | Director | 2023-02-01 | Nov 1986 | Malaysian |
| SEKARAN, Chandra | Director | 2021-08-01 | Sep 1956 | Malaysian |
| SHAW, Luke Alexander | Director | 2023-08-01 | Dec 1985 | British |
| SHERWIN, Michael | Director | 2022-07-01 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, John Francis | Secretary | 2005-02-02 | 2011-12-15 |
| HAYES, Claire | Secretary | 2011-12-15 | 2016-10-21 |
| RANDELL, Terence Charles William | Secretary | — | 1996-04-01 |
| M P EVANS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-04-15 | 2005-02-02 |
| ELLS, Eric John | Director | — | 1999-06-11 |
| FLETCHER, Philip Anthony | Director | — | 2023-07-31 |
| GREEN ARMYTAGE, John Mcdonald | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| GREEN-ARMYTAGE, John Mcdonald | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2022-09-30 |
| HADSLEY-CHAPLIN, Edwin | Director | — | 1999-06-11 |
| LEGG, Konrad Patrick | Director | — | 2014-06-05 |
| MCBAIN, Darian May, Dr | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| MOHAMAD, Ahmad | Director | 2005-02-02 | 2005-09-14 |
| PRICE, Tristan Robert | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| ROBINOW, Richard Michael | Director | 1999-06-11 | 2019-12-31 |
| SHAW, James Derek | Director | 2005-02-02 | 2017-01-31 |
| TOZER, Bruce Christian | Director | 2016-06-10 | 2025-06-13 |
| VINCENT, William Frank | Director | — | 1995-07-14 |
| WILKINSON, Owen David | Director | 2005-02-02 | 2011-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 947 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 14
- 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.