MERRIDALE LAYCOCK LIMITED
Company number 04834689 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Merridale Laycock Limited presents a mixed credit profile: a long-established manufacturer with positive equity but declining financial trajectory. The company's fundamental weakness is its heavy stock concentration (72.6% of total assets) combined with a quick ratio of just 0.61x, meaning it cannot meet current liabilities without liquidating inventory. The 2025 accounts show a loss (P&L reserves down £2,728), a 57.6% cash decline, and a 42.9% stock increase – a concerning combination suggesting potential working capital stress. Conditional approval is recommended with covenants targeting cash minimums, stock concentration limits, and group support confirmation.
Shareholders' funds
£210,275
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-07-16
- Employees
- 10 (2025 accounts · was 11 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Anderson Works Tongue Lane, Industrial Estate Fairfield, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7LN
- Postcode
- SK17 7LN
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-15
- Next due by
- 2027-07-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by LAYCOCK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GRINDCO 431 LIMITED | 2003-10-22 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O GRINDEYS SOLICITORS, GLEBE COURT, STOKE ON TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE ST4 1ET | 2004-04-29 |
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 65 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Stockport.
The class of 2003
47%
of the 940 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 51% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.