CARR'S FLOUR MILLS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
-8.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£24m
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
206
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.1m
+15.1% highest 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 Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-03
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 | 2026-04-03 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £138,666,000 | £117,173,000 | £117,585,000 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £706,000 | £5,322,000 | £6,130,000 | +15.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £341,000 | £5,301,000 | £6,103,000 | +15.1% | |
| Net profit | £199,000 | £3,937,000 | £4,508,000 | +14.5% | |
| Cash | £1,125,000 | £2,477,000 | £2,258,000 | -8.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,698,000 | £27,035,000 | £28,138,000 | +4.1% | |
| Net assets | £19,125,000 | £23,062,000 | £24,330,000 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £19,125,000 | £23,062,000 | £24,330,000 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | 203 | 198 | 206 | +4% | |
| Wages | £9,676,000 | £9,620,000 | £10,495,000 | +9.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £264,000 | £353,000 | £376,000 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,000 | £21,000 | £40,000 | +90.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £179,000 | £238,000 | £287,000 | +20.6% |
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 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 | 2026-04-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 4.5% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 3.4% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 19.7% | 21.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.1% | 58.9% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 1.02x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 1.93x | — | 31.28x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on current trading performance and the sensitivity and reverse stress testing scenarios performed, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and each entity within the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the period end, the company exercised its option to extend its banking facilities by a further year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARGE, Simone Louise | Secretary | 2016-09-03 | — | — |
| BURNS, Allan William | Director | 2018-10-01 | Dec 1959 | British |
| BUTLER, Roger William, Mr. | Director | 2016-09-03 | Dec 1960 | British |
| FYFE, Neil Stuart | Director | 2024-05-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| GEORGE, Michael David | Director | 2016-09-03 | Aug 1973 | British |
| GODDARD, David James | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Katie | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2016-09-03 |
| WOOD, Ronald Chalmers | Secretary | — | 2013-01-01 |
| ARMSTRONG, David Brian | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| AUSTIN, Neil | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2016-09-03 |
| CARR, Ian Cufaude | Director | — | 1998-08-29 |
| DAVIES, Timothy John | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2016-09-03 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Nigel Couper | Director | 1994-09-23 | 2013-07-31 |
| HOLMES, John | Director | — | 2001-02-28 |
| KANE, Lorraine | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| LINES, David Edward | Director | — | 2013-01-01 |
| MONROE, Duncan Redfern | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| MULLEN, Robert Ainsworth | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2007-04-06 |
| MUNRO, Robert Hugh | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2023-07-12 |
| PETERS, Michael Grant | Director | 2023-07-10 | 2024-10-25 |
| TUDOR, John Edward | Director | — | 1999-11-20 |
| WISHART, George | Director | 2016-09-03 | 2022-04-01 |
| WOOD, Ronald Chalmers | Director | — | 2013-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitworths Food Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Whitworths Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-03 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.