MOGUNTIA FOOD INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£42k
+68.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£855k
-23.1% vs 2024
Employees
128
+8.5% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5m
+126.2% highest in 5 filed years
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 · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,004,955 | £23,881,126 | £28,470,372 | £29,692,874 | £32,401,575 | +9.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,136,988 | £2,901,431 | -£56,343 | £1,235,999 | £2,098,664 | +69.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £285,697 | £1,071,666 | -£552,073 | £648,635 | £1,467,484 | +126.2% | |
| Net profit | £313,307 | £1,070,416 | -£1,001,356 | £716,786 | £742,942 | +3.6% | |
| Cash | £414 | £15,222 | £62,686 | £24,936 | £41,973 | +68.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,860,454 | £8,071,699 | £6,246,097 | £6,626,291 | £6,649,025 | +0.3% | |
| Net assets | £315,222 | £1,385,638 | £394,828 | £1,111,614 | £854,556 | -23.1% | |
| Equity | £315,222 | £1,385,638 | £394,828 | £1,111,614 | £854,556 | -23.1% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 108 | 115 | 118 | 128 | +8.5% | |
| Wages | £3,637,239 | £3,789,140 | £3,693,860 | £4,159,659 | £5,037,000 | +21.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £374,106 | £160,600 | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 12.1% | -0.2% | 4.2% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 4.5% | -3.5% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 35.9% | -0.9% | 18.7% | 31.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.3% | 84.1% | 97.0% | 91.9% | 94.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.45x | 1.61x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 10.08x | 15.42x | -0.13x | 2.41x | 4.00x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- MOGUNTIA FOOD INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED 2008-08-28 → present
- BLENDEX FOOD INGREDIENTS LIMITED 1989-08-25 → 2008-08-28
- BLENDEX SPICE COMPANY LIMITED 1989-05-17 → 1989-08-25
- MACNEW LIMITED 1989-03-21 → 1989-05-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Robson Laidler Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOGUNTIA FOOD INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED · parent
- FK Solutions (UK) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Darren William Archibald | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | — | — |
| KENT, Nigel | Director | 2021-01-04 | Nov 1976 | British |
| YEATES, Paul | Director | 2018-03-20 | May 1958 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDING, David John | Secretary | — | 1995-06-30 |
| LANE, Christopher John | Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2010-12-03 |
| MOORHEAD, David John | Secretary | 1995-07-01 | 2005-06-10 |
| ROBINSON, Norman | Secretary | 2005-06-10 | 2006-10-02 |
| CAMPANARO, Francesco | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2020-12-31 |
| HITCH, Colin Leslie | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2020-09-30 |
| JORDENS, Marc | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2018-04-10 |
| LANE, Christopher John | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2010-12-03 |
| MURPHY, Kevin | Director | 2006-10-10 | 2007-10-22 |
| MURRAY, Elaine Jean | Director | 2007-11-28 | 2015-01-31 |
| NEALE, Stephen | Director | 2018-04-07 | 2020-09-16 |
| ROBERTS, Gary | Director | 2004-10-15 | 2006-07-03 |
| ROBINSON, Norman | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| SMITH, Alan Margetson | Director | — | 2005-04-05 |
| WHEATLEY, Arthur Suttle | Director | — | 2005-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moguntia Food Group Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-06-02 | Active |
| Moguntia Schweiz Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-01-01 | Ceased 2025-06-02 |
| Moguntia Food Group Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-31 | Ceased 2025-06-01 |
| Mr Ralph Karl Paul Buchholz | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.