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Company No. 11438467 · Incorporated 28 Jun 2018

Manton Wood Limited

Registered name: MANTON WOOD LIMITED

Part of Chetwode Trustees 1 Limited group

Manton Wood Limited made £161m revenue and £496k profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.

Manton Wood Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £161m in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £496k profit and 1,072 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared meals and dishes” and is based in Melton Mowbray; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 10850Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Status
Active
Location
Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
Age
8 yrs · since 2018
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.

Latest accounts · year to 27 Dec 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£161m
Growth ▲1.8%
Profit
£496k
Growth —
Profit margin
0.3%
Gross 14.2%
Employees
1,072
Change ▼6.8%
Profit / employee
£463
Revenue/employee £150k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to28 Dec 202427 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£158m£161m
Cost of sales£139m£138m
Gross profit£18.6m£22.7m
Profit before tax−£4.7m£356k
Profit after tax−£8.3m£496k
Profit (best available)−£8.3m£496k
Employees (average)1,1501,072
Ratios
Profit margin−5.3%0.3%
Gross margin11.8%14.2%
Revenue per employee£137k£150k
Profit per employee−£7.2k£463
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲1.8%
Headcount growth—▼6.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£13.1m£15.2m
Net assets−£55.8m−£55.3m
Fixed assets£46.6m£36.7m
Current assets£33.2m£38.9m
Debtors£17.3m£17.5m
Deferred income£1.8m£1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
14.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£150k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£463
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
22.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
10.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now −£55.3m
Cash at bank
▲16%
Now £15.2m
Headcount
▼7%
Now 1,072
Deferred income
▼43%
Now £1m
Fixed assets
▼21%
Now £36.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Chetwode Trustees 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  3. Samworth Brothers Limited75–100%
  4. Manton Wood Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (26)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £496k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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