MENZIES DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£172k
+30.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£674k
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
12
-7.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3k
-62.5% lowest 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 Industrials 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 | £4,014,000 | £2,915,000 | £2,884,000 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £21,000 | £8,000 | £3,000 | -62.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,000 | £8,000 | £3,000 | -62.5% | |
| Net profit | £21,000 | £7,000 | £3,000 | -57.1% | |
| Cash | £104,000 | £132,000 | £172,000 | +30.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£684,000 | -£677,000 | -£674,000 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | -£684,000 | -£677,000 | -£674,000 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 16 | 13 | 12 | -7.7% | |
| Wages | £535,000 | £449,000 | £457,000 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £113,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £619,000 | £59,000 | — | — |
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 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 263.2% | 252.1% | 226.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 0.40x | 0.44x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- MENZIES DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS LIMITED 2021-01-14 → present
- BIBBY INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED 2004-02-19 → 2021-01-14
- WINLEN BAY LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 2004-02-19
- TULLSWICK LIMITED 1974-06-27 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above analysis, Group management has assessed the Group's ability to continue as a going concern using methods consistent with those applied in preparing the financial budgets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Matthew Stuart | Director | 2025-01-09 | Apr 1980 | British |
| JONES, Dean | Director | 2024-10-14 | May 1967 | British |
| MORSON, Richard James | Director | 2024-10-14 | Jun 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Steven John | Secretary | — | 2003-09-27 |
| BIBBY BROS. & CO. (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-09-27 | 2020-12-11 |
| BIBBY, Michael James | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2018-04-10 |
| BROWN, Michael Peter | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| BYRNE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| CALLENDER, Alexei Robert | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2016-11-16 |
| CLARKSON, Peter James | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2020-12-11 |
| CULLINGFORD, Paul Andrew | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| DE PENCIER, Theodore Henry John | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2007-06-29 |
| EYRE, Duncan Ashley | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2018-08-08 |
| GOETZ, Ekkehard | Director | — | 1992-07-19 |
| GOETZ, Gertraud | Director | 1992-07-20 | 1994-12-22 |
| GOULD, Neil Kerr | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| MCCOURT, Paul Raymond Patrick | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2025-01-09 |
| MICHAEL, Gregory John | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2025-01-09 |
| MONK, Ann | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-05-10 |
| MORSON, Richard James | Director | 2017-04-17 | 2020-12-11 |
| PALMER, Steven John | Director | — | 2003-09-01 |
| SPEAK, Iain Alexander | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2014-12-31 |
| TIMM, Jurgen Herbert | Director | — | 1992-08-26 |
| TULLETT, Nigel Leonard Douglas | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2019-06-20 |
| WINKLER, Hans Helmut | Director | — | 2003-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menzies Distribution Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.