The Mornflake building at North Western Mills, Gresty Road, Crewe

Food manufacturing · Crewe, Cheshire

Mornflake

Morning Foods, Limited

Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cash down 96%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only (Morning Foods, Limited)84 years on the register

Mills oats and makes oat-based breakfast cereals at its mill in Crewe, sold under the Mornflake brand.

Headline figures

FY to Jul 2025 · Company only (Morning Foods, Limited)

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£7.52m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20242025
Profit after tax£7.52m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 2 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet20242025
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff

0 balance-sheet lines and 3 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-12

  1. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Alan Meikle as a director on 6 October 2026
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 July 2025
  3. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 July 2024
  4. Ownership
    Cessation of John Edward Lea as a person with significant control on 5 April 2024
  5. Ownership
    Notification of Agri Food Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 5 April 2024
  6. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 July 2023
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Peter Matthew Mellor as a secretary on 27 April 2023
  8. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Mark Thomas Cookson as a secretary on 27 April 2023
  9. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Mark Thomas Cookson as a director on 27 April 2023
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Peter Matthew Mellor as a director on 27 April 2023
  11. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 July 2022
  12. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 15 November 2022 GBP 24,623 ANNOTATION Clarification a second filed SH06 was registered on the 24/01/2023.
  13. 4 earlier
    1. Shares
      Purchase of own shares. ANNOTATION Clarification hmrc confirmation received that appropriate duty has been paid on this repurchase.
    2. Shares
      Purchase of own shares. ANNOTATION Clarification hmrc confirmation received that appropriate duty has been paid on this repurchase.
    3. Shares
      Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 15 November 2022 GBP 29,623 ANNOTATION Clarification a second filed SH06 was registered on 24/01/2023.
    4. Shares
      Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 15 November 2022 GBP 24,623

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Mornflake do?

Mills oats and makes oat-based breakfast cereals at its mill in Crewe, sold under the Mornflake brand. In its own words: “At Mornflake, everything we make is thanks to one mighty little grain. Yes, oats might seem like a fairly simple ingredient, but they have so much to offer.”

›How much turnover does Mornflake make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Mornflake profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £7.52m in the year to 31 July 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Mornflake?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Mornflake?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Mornflake based?

Its registered office is North Western Mills, Gresty Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 6HP, in Crewe, Cheshire.

›When was Mornflake founded?

Morning Foods, Limited was incorporated on 31 August 1942; the business dates from 1675.

›Is Mornflake still trading?

The register lists Morning Foods, Limited as active.