Gerald McDonald (Herbs & Spices) Limited
Registered name: GERALD MCDONALD (HERBS & SPICES) LIMITED
Part of Gerald McDonald & Company Limited groupGerald McDonald (Herbs & Spices) Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 30 Jun 2025 show net assets of £851k and 50 employees.
Gerald McDonald (Herbs & Spices) Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 showed net assets of £851k and 50 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 99 yrs · since 1927
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
Gerald McDonald (Herbs & Spices) Limited’s accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 50
- Net assets
- £851k
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 49 | 49 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | 0% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £751k | £737k | £716k |
| Net assets | £816k | £835k | £843k | £851k |
| Fixed assets | £4.7k | £3.3k | £8k | £7.5k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £372k | £217k | £263k | £203k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲1%
- Now £851k
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £716k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £7.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gerald McDonald & Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gerald McDonald (Herbs & Spices) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Demos Ciclitira LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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