MAPAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+5.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+2.2% vs 2023
Employees
55
+1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£16K
-112.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £7,612,294 | — | £9,609,918 | £10,369,381 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £66,470 | — | £34,117 | -£140,969 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £67,931 | -£45,032 | £135,024 | -£16,427 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £53,426 | -£24,361 | £135,093 | £158,949 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £4,262,172 | £2,056,052 | £2,348,793 | £2,473,395 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,197,010 | £7,168,660 | £7,229,849 | £7,385,370 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £9,115,689 | £7,091,328 | £7,226,421 | £7,385,370 | |
| Equity | £8,565,030 | £9,009,045 | £9,062,263 | £9,115,689 | £7,091,328 | £7,226,421 | £7,385,370 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 59 | 52 | 54 | 55 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,823,672 | £1,813,897 | £1,937,138 | £2,076,768 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £161,000 | £129,492 | £111,926 | £150,470 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+7.9%
£9,609,918 £10,369,381
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+5.3%
£2,348,793 £2,473,395
-
Net assets
+2.2%
£7,226,421 £7,385,370
-
Employees
+1.9%
54 55
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Operating profit
-513.2%
£34,117 -£140,969
lowest in 3 filed years
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Profit before tax
-112.2%
£135,024 -£16,427
-
Wages
+7.2%
£1,937,138 £2,076,768
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 0.9% | — | 0.4% | -1.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.7% | — | 1.4% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 0.7% | — | 0.5% | -1.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 4.79x | 5.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 367.24x | — | 165.62x | -498.12x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Turpin Barker Armstrong
- 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. We have not identified any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.”
Group structure
- MAPAL LIMITED · parent
- Arinday Limited 100%
- John Rainey & Son Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Mapal Limited purchased the company Arinday Limited in 2015. This was the holding company for John Rainey and Son Limited. On the 16th December, a Hive-Up Agreement was set up for the purpose of simplifying the group so that Mapal Limited would directly own John Rainey & Son Limited.”
- “The company did suffer a theft of stock resulting in a subsequent insurance claim.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMERSTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-02-05 | — | — |
| KRESS, Jochen, Dr | Director | 2014-09-10 | Jul 1975 | German |
| WHITEHOUSE, Wayne Edward | Director | 2014-09-10 | Jul 1966 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYPOLE, John Leonard | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2014-09-10 |
| FREY, Paul | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2014-09-10 |
| HERKENHOFF, Ralf, Dr | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2022-01-04 |
| KRESS, Dieter Georg August, Dr Ing | Director | 1993-02-05 | 2014-09-10 |
| PALMERSTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-02-02 | 1993-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Jochen Kress | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-08-01 | Ceased 2025-08-15 |
| Dr Hans Peter Kress | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-08-01 | Ceased 2025-08-15 |
| Mrs Marianne Bechstein | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-08-01 | Ceased 2025-08-15 |
| Dr Dieter Georg August Kress | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.