MCCORMICK (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+1,605.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£198m
-3.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
816
-4.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.9m
+49.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £408,664,000 | £390,990,000 | £370,813,000 | -5.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£14,166,000 | -£21,534,000 | -£12,863,000 | +40.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,640,000 | -£19,527,000 | -£9,875,000 | +49.4% | |
| Net profit | -£7,604,000 | -£13,253,000 | -£7,804,000 | +41.1% | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £69,000 | £1,177,000 | +1,605.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £225,499,000 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £218,364,000 | £204,699,000 | £198,149,000 | -3.2% | |
| Equity | £218,364,000 | £204,699,000 | £198,149,000 | -3.2% | |
| Average employees | 944 | 852 | 816 | -4.2% | |
| Wages | £63,067,000 | £61,605,000 | £61,820,000 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £760,000 | £1,334,000 | £988,000 | -25.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £74,000 | £62,000 | £39,000 | -37.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £378,000 | £950,000 | £982,000 | +3.4% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.5% | -5.5% | -3.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | -3.4% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.3% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.2% | 45.0% | 45.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.71x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | -3.14x | -2.11x | -1.20x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MCCORMICK (UK) LIMITED 1988-07-04 → present
- PATERSON JENKS P L C 1928-09-29 → 1988-07-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having assessed the responses of the directors of the company's ultimate parent to their enquiries, including assessment of their forecasts and available banking facilities, for the going concern assessment period, have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt over the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. On this basis, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period to 31 August 2027. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- MCCORMICK (UK) LIMITED · parent
- McCormick South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- McCormick (Littleborough) Limited 100%
- McCormick Merchandising Services Limited 100%
- McCormick Italy Holdings S.r.l 59%
- McCormick Shared Services - EMEA LLC 99%
- McCormick Condiments South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- Drogheria e Alimentari S.p.A 59%
- Drogheria e Alimentari Deutschland GmbH 59%
- Enrico Giotti S.p.A 59%
Significant events
- “In March 2026 it was announced that the McCormick & Company, Incorporated had entered into an agreement to combine with the Unilever Foods business, which is subject to customary closing and regulatory conditions.”
- “During July 2026 McCormick (UK) Limited sold its investment in MCKU Food Trading Limited Company to McCormick Switzerland GmbH for £75,000,000.”
- “During July 2026, the Trustees of the McCormick UK Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme entered into a buy-in transaction, for the whole of the scheme, with an insurance company through the purchase of a bulk annuity policy.”
- “During July 2026 the maturity date of the £37,500,000 loan from McCormick Europe Limited to McCormick UK Limited was extended from 30 November 2026 to 30 November 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KREZIC, Zana | Director | 2025-04-11 | Jan 1980 | Croatian |
| RADLEY, Daren Scott | Director | 2023-01-23 | Apr 1968 | British |
| SANCHEZ, Ana Gabriela | Director | 2022-03-17 | Oct 1975 | American |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURLEY, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2003-04-25 | 2005-04-29 |
| MANN, Christopher John | Secretary | 1989-04-18 | 1997-08-26 |
| MOORE, Stephen Jeffrey | Secretary | 2000-08-08 | 2003-04-25 |
| MORRISROE, James Martin, Dr | Secretary | 1998-11-20 | 2000-08-08 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Secretary | 2014-10-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| SAVAGE, Cameron David Freere | Secretary | 1997-08-26 | 1998-11-20 |
| SKELTON, Steven Donald | Secretary | — | 1989-04-18 |
| SMITH, Michael | Secretary | 2012-04-04 | 2014-09-30 |
| STEELE, Darren Anthony | Secretary | 2007-11-01 | 2012-04-04 |
| STETZ, Gordon Mckenzie | Secretary | 2005-04-29 | 2007-10-31 |
| ALBRECHT, James, Dr | Director | — | 1993-08-10 |
| ASPIN, John | Director | 1997-10-14 | 1998-11-20 |
| BARNES, Jill | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2005-03-08 |
| BARRY, Thomas Arthur | Director | 1991-01-25 | 1992-10-30 |
| BEAL, Neville Herbert | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1998-11-20 |
| BEARD, Michael Andrew Charles | Director | 1998-11-20 | 1999-07-12 |
| BURLEY, Nicholas James | Director | 2003-04-25 | 2005-04-29 |
| CARPER, Randy | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2012-08-31 |
| CASEY, Timothy John | Director | 1997-10-14 | 1998-11-20 |
| CHARLIER, Ryan Scott | Director | 2020-10-31 | 2022-09-16 |
| CIPOLLARO, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1989-03-14 |
| CREIGHTON, Laird Everett | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Vernon | Director | — | 1990-03-28 |
| DELPIT, Paul | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2008-11-30 |
| FORSYTH, Ryder Douglas Clayton | Director | — | 1989-09-08 |
| GARROW, Nigel Stephen | Director | — | 1993-04-16 |
| GILL, Richard Carl | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2011-03-31 |
| GOUBY, Francois | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| HANDLEY, Harold John | Director | 1994-12-13 | 1996-04-01 |
| JACKSON, Graham Maudslay, Dr | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2000-01-31 |
| JENKS, Dennis Anthony | Director | — | 1991-02-28 |
| JINKS, Christopher | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2022-03-17 |
| KEEFE, Robert John Frederick | Director | 1990-03-14 | 1998-11-20 |
| KURZIUS, Lawrence Erik | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2017-07-31 |
| LAWLESS, Robert John | Director | 1993-06-01 | 1994-07-01 |
| MANDL, Frederico | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2015-08-14 |
| MCCORD, Thomas Blanton | Director | — | 1990-03-28 |
| MOLAN, John Charles | Director | 1996-01-15 | 2005-01-27 |
| MOORE, Stephen Jeffrey | Director | 2000-08-08 | 2003-04-25 |
| MORRISROE, James Martin | Director | 1998-11-20 | 2009-06-05 |
| NAVARRE, Michael | Director | 1998-11-20 | 2002-11-04 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| RADIN, James | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2007-01-09 |
| REATH, Penelope Susan | Director | 1997-10-14 | 2008-11-30 |
| ROBINSON, Paul Weyman | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2004-03-31 |
| SAVAGE, Cameron David Freere | Director | 1990-10-05 | 1998-11-20 |
| SAVAGE, Cameron David Freere | Director | — | 1990-03-28 |
| SCHWARTZ, Jeffery Darrell | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2022-03-17 |
| SINCLAIR, William | Director | 1992-10-29 | 2007-01-09 |
| SMITH, Michael Raymond | Director | 2012-04-04 | 2014-09-30 |
| SMITH, Michael | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2002-02-28 |
| STEELE, Darren Anthony | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2012-04-04 |
| STETZ, Gordon Mckenzie | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2007-10-31 |
| SWIFT, Malcolm Stuart | Director | 2008-11-30 | 2017-07-31 |
| SYKES, Alastair John | Director | 1991-01-25 | 1995-07-07 |
| THOMAS, Bailey | Director | — | 1990-03-28 |
| WEBSTER, Mark Robert | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-04 |
| WILLIAMS, Iwan | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2007-01-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Melanie Clare | Director | 2008-11-30 | 2017-07-31 |
| WIRTH, Christopher Charles | Director | 2023-09-05 | 2025-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccormick International Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 294 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-01-27 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.