MARLOW FOODS LIMITED

Active
Company number 01752242Private limited companyIncorporated 1983

Key figures

£133,777,000+6.2%
Net assets 2025
+6.2%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
050 m100 m150 m20242025

† MARLOW FOODS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 10890

Where the company stands among the 5,434 active companies whose first SIC code is 10890 (Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.).

Turnover£186,681,000
Higher than 93% · median £16,317,107 among 212 that publish turnover
Net assets£133,777,000
Higher than 99% · median £3,569
Total assets£207,731,000
Higher than 99% · median £41,204
Cash£11,367,000
Higher than 98% · median £30,063
Company age43.2 years
Older than 98% · median 3.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. KELLOGG COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN,LIMITED£971.8m
  2. ROWSE HONEY LIMITED£607.6m
  3. FRUTAROM (UK) LIMITED£496.8m
  4. KP SNACKS LIMITED£342.9m
  5. WEETABIX LIMITED£267.5m
  6. HAIN FROZEN FOODS UK LIMITED£248.6m
  7. WILLIAM JACKSON FOODS LIMITED£176.3m
  8. BIRDS EYE LIMITED£169.4m
  9. MARLOW FOODS LIMITED£133.8m
  10. KERRY INGREDIENTS (UK) LIMITED£114.6m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 5,434. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: MARLOW FOODS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

MARLOW FOODS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01752242. It was incorporated on 12 Sep 1983. Its status is active. The registered office is in Stokesley (TS9). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other food products n.e.c. (10890).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £186,681,000. Loss for the year was £27,993,000. Net assets were £133,777,000, up 6.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £11,367,000. Total assets were £207,731,000 and total liabilities £73,954,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 5,434 active companies whose first SIC code is 10890: By turnover it ranks higher than 93% of the 212 that publish turnover (median £16,317,107). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,569). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £41,204). By cash it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £30,063). It is older than 98% of them (median age 3.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Scotland Excel. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £4,770, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous food preparations, glues and enzymes, cereal and bakery products. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly miscellaneous food preparations, cereal and bakery products, milling products. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 54 days to pay suppliers, and 8% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 4.3% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover—186,681,000
Profit for the year—-27,993,000
Cash at bank and in hand19,128,00011,367,000
Total assets228,721,000207,731,000
Total liabilities102,714,00073,954,000
Net assets / total equity126,007,000133,777,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

MARLOW FOODS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Scotland Excel. 1 award is shared with other suppliers.

Contract
  1. Supply Only and Supply and Distribution of Frozen Foods‡Scotland Excel · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £51,000,000 in total

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

2 grants

MARLOW FOODS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2022, together worth £4,770.

Grants
  1. Extraction &purification of Calystegines Iinosugars (C&I) for use as natural preservativesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £718 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Teesside University and Marlow Foods LimitedDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £4,052 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
54 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
8%
Standard payment terms
7–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 20%
  • 31 to 60 days 38%
  • After 60 days 42%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
57
17%
9%
30 Jun 2025
56
17%
12%
31 Dec 2024
53
22%
11%
30 Jun 2024
51
24%
22%
31 Dec 2023
57
19%
11%
30 Jun 2023
57
19%
16%
31 Dec 2022
58
17%
10%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 4.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 32% lower
Median bonus pay
women 43.1% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter35.7% womenLower middle39.7% womenUpper middle35.1% womenUpper pay quarter35.5% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 1.4% lower
women 4.6% lower
2023/24
women 1.6% lower
women 12.4% lower
2022/23
women 7.1% lower
women 10.3% lower
2021/22
women 6% lower
women 13% lower
2020/21
women 2.1% lower
women 9.4% lower
2018/19
women 9.4% lower
women 17.4% lower
2017/18
women 3.9% lower
women 15.9% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous food preparations, glues and enzymes, cereal and bakery products, inorganic chemicals and machinery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous food preparations, cereal and bakery products, milling products, vegetable and fruit preparations and glues and enzymes.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £186.7m, net assets £133.8m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £126m
  3. Monde Nissin (Uk) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.