MULCROFT LIMITED
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Cash
£3.8m
lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4m
lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
4
lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£337k
Period ending 2025-12-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,953,257 | £20,603,018 | £21,690,363 | £25,868,360 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £3,024,447 | £81,611 | -£321,065 | -£33,979 | -£210,783 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,963,213 | £12,612 | -£463,403 | -£262,658 | -£336,989 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,346,178 | £14,612 | -£463,403 | -£263,475 | -£338,394 | — | |
| Cash | £9,830,891 | £7,204,227 | £7,548,499 | £9,517,710 | £3,834,584 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,375,178 | £7,292,835 | £6,646,709 | £4,855,142 | £4,165,548 | — | |
| Net assets | £5,091,137 | £5,105,749 | £4,642,346 | £4,378,871 | £4,040,477 | — | |
| Equity | £5,091,137 | £5,105,749 | £4,642,346 | £4,378,871 | £4,040,477 | — | |
| Average employees | 476 | 582 | 445 | 429 | 4 | — | |
| Wages | £4,424,000 | £5,022,036 | £5,212,278 | £6,840,725 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 15 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.2% | 0.4% | -1.5% | -0.1% | — | |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 0.1% | -2.1% | -1.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.0% | 1.1% | -4.8% | -0.7% | -5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.4% | 54.0% | 59.4% | 66.5% | 70.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.76x | 1.32x | 0.44x | |
| Interest cover | 49.39x | 1.18x | -2.26x | -0.15x | -1.67x |
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
- SMH Mitchells
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In conclusion, the directors are confident that the business has the resources, expertise, and strategic vision necessary to ensure its continued success and to meet its financial obligations well into the future. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- MULCROFT LIMITED · parent
- Chicken Villas Limited 100%
- Queenscourt Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the period the company has undergone a restructuring, as a result all the stores operated by the company were transferred to another group company...”
- “An onerous lease provision of £122,849 has been recognised in accordance with FRS 102. This relates to vacated properties where the unavoidable costs of meeting the lease obligations exceed the economic benefits to be received.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Maya Bharat | Secretary | 2001-03-26 | — | British |
| PATEL, Arjun Bharat | Director | 2025-02-01 | Nov 1990 | British |
| PATEL, Bharat Chandubhai | Director | 2001-03-26 | May 1964 | British |
| PATEL, Kishan Bharat, Dr | Director | 2025-02-01 | Oct 1986 | British |
| PATEL, Maya Bharat | Director | 2011-11-30 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Andrew Arthur | Secretary | — | 2001-03-09 |
| HILL, Teresa Jane | Secretary | 2001-03-23 | 2001-03-26 |
| HILL, Andrew Arthur | Director | 1999-04-12 | 2001-03-09 |
| HILL, Arthur Vincent | Director | — | 2001-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanaan Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-02-28 | Active |
| Fieldrose Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.