M. R. GORTON LIMITED
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Cash
£707K
+85.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£5.1M
-9.6% vs 2024
Employees
237
+1.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8M
+18.7% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £49,082,671 | £53,876,175 | +9.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,835,689 | £4,334,040 | +13% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,193,750 | £3,789,429 | +18.7% | |
| Net profit | £74,096 | £165,708 | £340,361 | £2,032,610 | £2,750,234 | +35.3% | |
| Cash | £59,033 | £200 | £523 | £380,713 | £706,895 | +85.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,466,991 | £8,043,064 | £7,921,611 | £11,225,389 | £10,186,554 | -9.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,035,491 | £3,956,198 | £4,070,002 | £5,628,588 | £5,087,270 | -9.6% | |
| Equity | £4,035,491 | £3,956,198 | £4,070,002 | £5,628,588 | £5,087,270 | -9.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 1 | 1 | 234 | 237 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £8,060,584 | £8,817,529 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £299,177 | £435,011 | +45.4% |
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 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.8% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.1% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 34.2% | 42.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 75.6% | 79.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.83x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 5.98x | 7.96x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director will continue to monitor the situation closely, but at the date of signing the accounts, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The director has therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- M. R. GORTON LIMITED · parent
- Traditional Norfolk Poultry Limited 100%
- The Norfolk Black Chicken Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 16th October 2025, the Group agreed to purchase plant & machinery with a total cost of £346,727. As part of that agreement, additional hire purchase finance was entered into, totalling £227,689.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORTON, Mark Richard | Director | 2020-10-27 | Apr 1968 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Richard Gorton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 19 of 19 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-10-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2020-10-27 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.