SHOE ZONE RETAIL LIMITED

1. SHOE ZONE RETAIL LIMITED 2014-04-30 → present
2. SHOE ZONE LIMITED 2001-01-22 → 2014-04-30
3. BENSON SHOE LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2001-01-22
4. BENSON SHOE COMPANY,LIMITED 1917-07-21 → 1981-12-31

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors consider that the business is a going concern and that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. In reaching this conclusion, the Directors have assessed the Companys current performance and position and factors that may affect the Company's future prospects.”

Significant events

• “This was a challenging year, particularly in the second half, as consumer confidence declined further following the Government's October 2024 budget and highly adverse fiscal policies, with persistent inflation, high interest rates and reduced levels of disposable income.”
• “Profit before tax decreased to £3.4m (2024: £10.2m).”
• “We completed 17 projects in the year, being 6 refits and 11 relocations and new stores, reducing our original Shoe Zone format to 68 (2024: 112). We closed 39 stores in the period.”
• “A dividend of £nil was declared at the H1 2025 with the Company expecting to maintain prudent cash management and declare a £nil dividend for the full year FY25.”
• “At the year-end the net cash was £5.9m (2024: £3.6m).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -7.6%

  £161,322,000 → £149,095,000

• Cash

  +63.4%

  £3,640,000 → £5,947,000

• Net assets

  +8.4%

  £42,297,000 → £45,832,000

• Employees

  -8.7%

  1,237 → 1,129

• Operating profit

  -57.1%

  £11,460,000 → £4,921,000

• Profit before tax

  -66.8%

  £10,256,000 → £3,408,000

• Wages

  -7%

  £35,606,000 → £33,124,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers