MILL NURSERIES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
-4.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£53m
+132.4% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
65
-18.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£41m
+598.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,027,095 | £6,227,202 | £7,505,503 | £6,747,639 | £5,859,805 | -13.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £892,726 | £680,926 | £736,281 | +8.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£306,754 | £5,809,099 | £40,572,479 | +598.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £30,821 | £4,429,346 | £30,428,765 | +587% | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,456,071 | £2,368,428 | £2,254,176 | -4.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £21,554,079 | £27,185,466 | £67,521,965 | +148.4% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £18,546,855 | £22,974,201 | £53,400,966 | +132.4% | |
| Equity | £15,611,156 | £18,520,034 | £18,546,855 | £22,974,201 | £53,400,966 | +132.4% | |
| Average employees | — | — | 85 | 80 | 65 | -18.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,913,296 | £1,795,586 | £1,732,079 | -3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £168,227 | £168,858 | £170,973 | +1.3% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 11.9% | 10.1% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.4% | 65.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 4.1% | 2.5% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 42.7% | 38.5% | 22.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.45x | 0.45x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 39.02x | 78.79x | — |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dutton Moore
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- MILL NURSERIES LIMITED · parent
- delight Salads Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit | Secretary | 1997-12-22 | — | British |
| DE LANG, Catharina Audrey Jayne | Director | 2004-07-09 | May 1970 | British |
| DE LANG, David Roy | Director | 1997-12-22 | Jul 1964 | British |
| DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit | Director | 1997-12-22 | Dec 1962 | British |
| DE LANG, Robert Johannes | Director | 1997-12-22 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATHAM, Alistair Ian Manson | Secretary | 1997-11-07 | 1997-12-22 |
| DE LANG, Gerrit | Director | 1997-12-22 | 2002-11-16 |
| PROCTER, Andrew Charles Travers | Director | 1997-11-07 | 1997-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hermanus Gerrit De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Mr David Roy De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Mr Robert Johannes De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Ms Catharina Audrey Jayne De Lang | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.