MANTON WOOD LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+16.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£55m
+0.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,072
-6.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£356k
+107.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £146,649,000 | £157,677,000 | £160,522,000 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£11,315,000 | -£4,737 | £356 | +107.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,315,000 | -£4,737,000 | £356,000 | +107.5% | |
| Net profit | -£7,880,000 | -£8,277,000 | £496,000 | +106% | |
| Cash | £6,694,000 | £13,057,000 | £15,181,000 | +16.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£47,551,000 | -£55,211,000 | -£54,855,000 | +0.6% | |
| Net assets | -£47,551,000 | -£55,828,000 | -£55,332,000 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | -£47,551,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 1,079 | 1,150 | 1,072 | -6.8% | |
| Wages | £29,060,000 | £33,813 | £32,458 | -4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.7% | -0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | -5.4% | -5.2% | 0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 153.5% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.23x | — | — |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In conclusion, having considered a range of plausible scenarios, the Directors have concluded that the Group remains well positioned to continue to improve its profitability and the significant investment programme across the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SAMWORTH, Mark Charles Chetwode | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Timothy James | Secretary | 2019-01-26 | 2024-01-02 |
| BAILEY, Steven Clive | Director | 2019-01-26 | 2023-12-31 |
| BOPARAN, Ranjit Singh | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-01-26 |
| DAVEY, Paul John | Director | 2019-01-26 | 2025-12-31 |
| FLETCHER, Martyn Paul | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2018-07-31 |
| HEALY, Flor Aiden | Director | 2019-01-26 | 2022-05-27 |
| MAHONEY, Richard Hugo Wyndham | Director | 2022-05-27 | 2024-06-24 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| TOMKINSON, Craig Ashley | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-01-26 |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2018-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samworth Brothers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.