MBJSC PRODUCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
Cash
£24K
-66.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£952K
+13.7% vs 2023
Employees
59
-13.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£150K
-39.2% first positive since 2021
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The current financial position of the company indicates that a material uncertainty exists, which may cast doubt over the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £23,667,501 | £33,874,170 | £40,465,839 | — | £26,081,990 | £21,236,253 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£193,783 | £471,682 | -£962,698 | — | £398,669 | £274,795 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£236,949 | £428,122 | -£1,036,554 | — | £247,378 | £150,453 | |
| Net profit | — | -£205,111 | £340,844 | -£840,365 | — | £404,036 | £150,453 | |
| Cash | — | £3,760 | £31,637 | £30,158 | — | £71,700 | £23,847 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£99,214 | £91,630 | -£552,126 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | £91,630 | -£748,735 | — | -£1,101,971 | -£951,518 | |
| Equity | £105,897 | -£99,214 | £91,630 | -£748,735 | — | -£1,101,971 | -£951,518 | |
| Average employees | — | 35 | 56 | 68 | — | 68 | 59 | |
| Wages | — | £1,066,827 | £1,123,561 | £1,748,630 | — | £1,631,155 | £1,520,028 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £19,792 | £19,462 | £15,748 | — | £13,358 | £13,500 |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
-18.6%
£26,081,990 £21,236,253
lowest in 5 filed years
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Cash
-66.7%
£71,700 £23,847
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Net assets
+13.7%
-£1,101,971 -£951,518
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Employees
-13.2%
68 59
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Operating profit
-31.1%
£398,669 £274,795
first positive since 2021
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Profit before tax
-39.2%
£247,378 £150,453
first positive since 2021
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Wages
-6.8%
£1,631,155 £1,520,028
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 | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.8% | 1.4% | -2.4% | — | 1.5% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.9% | 1.0% | -2.1% | — | 1.5% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 195.3% | 514.8% | 174.4% | — | — | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.82x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | -4.49x | 10.83x | -13.00x | — | 2.64x | 2.21x |
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
- Tag Assurance Services
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The current financial position of the company indicates that a material uncertainty exists, which may cast doubt over the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31st October 2024 MBJSC Produce Limited, had to continue to navigate high costs surrounding administration and direct costs due to inflation, energy costs did start to slowly reduce during the year which was important for continued operations. The continued lack of produce availability in the country which continued to drive up purchase prices, and with supermarkets still making it difficult to renegotiate selling prices, made it very difficult to meet the profit margins required for the company to prosper and recover from prior year losses.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR CORNWELL, Morna Dorothy | Secretary | 2009-10-17 | — | — |
| BLAIR CORNWELL, Morna Dorothy | Director | 2009-10-17 | Nov 1964 | British |
| CORNWELL, Stephen Ernest | Director | 2009-10-17 | Feb 1951 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbjsc (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-12-30 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.