THOMAS TUNNOCK LIMITED
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Cash
£11M
-17.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£58M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
653
-5.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£841K
-79.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-22
| Metric | Trend | 2023-02-24 | 2024-02-24 | 2025-02-22 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £87,061,923 | £87,728,232 | +0.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,891,565 | £540,214 | -86.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,014,433 | £4,085,651 | £841,447 | -79.4% | |
| Net profit | £771,467 | £3,056,297 | £501,685 | -83.6% | |
| Cash | £10,566,242 | £12,734,827 | £10,554,925 | -17.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,935,359 | £61,795,841 | £61,637,588 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £56,546,900 | £58,603,148 | £58,104,784 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £56,546,900 | £58,603,148 | £58,104,784 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 683 | 694 | 653 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | £20,283,992 | £21,226,862 | £21,485,267 | +1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,002,310 | £1,013,218 | £1,049,794 | +3.6% |
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 | 2023-02-24 | 2024-02-24 | 2025-02-22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.5% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.5% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.3% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 14.0% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 5.37x | 7.60x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 21.37x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THOMAS TUNNOCK LIMITED · parent
- Uddingston Biscuit Company Ltd 100%
- Uddingston Chocolate Company Ltd 100%
- Bothwell Biscuit Company Ltd 100%
- Bothwell Chocolate Company Ltd 100%
- Thomas Tunnock (EU) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 16 April 2025 the company re-designated 88,000 of its Ordinary shares to a new class of A Ordinary shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOW, William Berrie Gordon | Secretary | 2019-01-21 | — | — |
| GOW, Fiona Elizabeth | Director | 1998-03-09 | Dec 1970 | British |
| GOW, William Berrie Gordon | Director | 2019-01-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| LOUDON, Karen Margaret | Director | 1998-03-09 | Nov 1961 | British |
| LOUDON, Robert Fergus Buchanan | Director | 2008-06-06 | Jan 1960 | British |
| TUNNOCK, Archibald Boyd | Director | — | Jan 1933 | British |
| TUNNOCK, Elizabeth Anne Olive | Director | — | Jun 1933 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKELLAR, Helen | Secretary | — | 2000-01-01 |
| REIDFORD, Bruce Mills | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2019-01-21 |
| TUNNOCK, Margaret | Director | — | 1994-11-04 |
| TUNNOCK, Thomas | Director | — | 1992-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Archiebald Boyd Tunnock | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-19 | Ceased 2025-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.