Magna Specialist Confectioners Limited
Registered name: MAGNA SPECIALIST CONFECTIONERS LIMITED
Part of Blackladies Investments Limited groupMagna Specialist Confectioners Limited made £184m revenue and £15.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Magna Specialist Confectioners Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £184m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £15.3m profit and 518 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £112m | £122m | £152m | £184m |
| Cost of sales | £87.9m | £94.3m | £118m | £147m |
| Gross profit | £23.9m | £28m | £33.8m | £37.2m |
| Operating profit | £10.5m | £13.9m | £18.8m | £20.1m |
| Profit before tax | £9.7m | £13.2m | £17.9m | £20.4m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £9m | £12.5m | £15.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £9m | £12.5m | £15.3m |
| Staff costs | £15.1m | £17.1m | £18.6m | £21.9m |
| Employees (average) | 496 | 608 | 513 | 518 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 22.9% | 22.3% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £225k | £201k | £297k | £355k |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | £14.8k | £24.3k | £29.5k |
| Cash conversion | 115.9% | 22.1% | 82.2% | 99.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▲24.3% | ▲20.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲38.7% | ▲22.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▼15.6% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £60.1k | £76.6k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £43.5m | £43.5m | £45.2m | £60m |
| Fixed assets | £42.8m | £47.2m | £57.4m | £75m |
| Current assets | £20.3m | £33.4m | £37.8m | £52m |
| Debtors | £11.8m | £29.1m | £34m | £43.7m |
| Deferred income | £668k | £342k | £88.6k | £464k |
| Cash from operations | £12.2m | £3.1m | £15.5m | £20.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £355k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 99.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▲33%
- Now £60m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1315%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 518
- Deferred income
- ▲424%
- Now £464k
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £75m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blackladies Investments Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Magna Specialist Confectioners Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Alice Rebecca Mchale (registered outside the UK register)
- Philip Thomas Mchale (registered outside the UK register)
- Robert Benjamin Foskett (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £15.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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