MURRAY UNIFORMS LTD
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Cash
£2.7m
+243.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£6m
+29.4% vs 2023
Employees
59
+9.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.3m
+55.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,096,875 | £13,568,855 | +22.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,482,055 | £2,245,669 | +51.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,493,861 | £2,320,643 | +55.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,192,281 | £1,923,625 | +61.3% | |
| Cash | £795,166 | £2,729,212 | +243.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,667,145 | £6,051,556 | +29.7% | |
| Net assets | £4,648,575 | £6,016,200 | +29.4% | |
| Equity | £4,648,575 | £6,016,200 | +29.4% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 59 | +9.3% | |
| Wages | £2,194,183 | £2,512,334 | +14.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £230,137 | £267,513 | +16.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,137 | £8,806 | +71.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £131,779 | £177,551 | +34.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 16.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 14.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.8% | 37.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.0% | 31.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 3.11x | |
| Interest cover | 60.71x | — |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors having considered forecasts and cashflows prepared for a period of 12 months after the balance sheet date and with the continuing support of shareholders are confident that the company has the ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “At the start of the year, a group restructure occurred which saw Murray Uniforms Ltd exiting the ownership of Elmdene Group Limited and acquired on that date by Avon Summit Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, Andrew David | Director | 2009-08-20 | Jan 1963 | British |
| BASS, Mark | Director | 2009-08-20 | Sep 1985 | British |
| DOUGLASS, Jerry | Director | 2021-02-23 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, Roy | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2011-05-31 |
| DOUGLASS, James Edward | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2024-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Summit Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-01-02 | Active |
| Mr James Edward Douglass | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-01-02 |
| Elmdene Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-01-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.