MUTCHMEATS LIMITED

Company number 01606007 ·

In Administration

The annual accounts for this company are overdue.

Executive summary

Mutchmeats Limited, a £27.6M revenue multi-species abattoir and wholesale butcher with over 40 years of trading history, has entered administration despite top-line growth, driven by catastrophic margin compression from 7% to 4.4% and an operating loss widening to £860K. The company's scarce infrastructure assets and vertical supply chain positioning hold strategic value, but are now subject to administrator control and potential sale or restructuring. The fundamental challenge remains that no strategic pivot can succeed without first resolving the unsustainable capital structure and restoring minimum viable margins in an industry with limited pricing power.

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Shareholders' funds

£2,679,824

Balance sheet as at 2021-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1981-12-29
Registered office
Unit 8 The Aquarium Building, King Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2AN
Postcode
RG1 2AN
Capital
1,001 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
7 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2022-12-31
Next due by
2025-03-31 Overdue
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-02-04
Next due by
2026-02-18
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46320 Wholesale of meat and meat products

Officers 1 current · 8 resigned

Appointed 2019-12-18

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Group structure

Controlled by S MORGAN & SONS LIMITED — since 2019-09-13

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Political donations 4

£17,500 in registered political donations since 2005.

  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £5,000 2011-12-21 Cash
  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £5,000 2010-12-24 Cash
  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £2,500 2006-12-22 Cash

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Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
mutchmeats.co.uk
Phone
(01993)772972, (01993)776239

Mutchmeats Ltd. is a multi species abattoir and wholesale butchers serving Wholesalers, Butchers & Farm shops.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
YULELOG LIMITED1982-02-08

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
UNIT 5, MILLBUCK TRADING ESTATE, WITNEY, OXON OX8 5YD1997-02-05

The class of 1981

65%

of the 14,493 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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