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BANG & OLUFSEN U.K. LIMITED

#00157371 · Active · Incorporated 1919-07-25 (106y 10m) · Last filing 2026-01-07 (4mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 47430 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-02-28 (in 9mo)

Last filed for 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-30 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£3M

+4.2% vs 2024

Employees

41

+5.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£396K

+104.5% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31

Metric Trend 2024-05-312025-05-31
Turnover £18,239,567£17,714,162
Operating profit £525,300£510,168
Profit before tax -£8,707,249£395,873
Net profit -£9,060,122£119,977
Cash ——
Total assets less current liabilities £6,691,908£5,905,061
Net assets £2,880,119£3,000,096
Equity £2,880,119£3,000,096
Average employees 3941
Wages £2,624,238£2,793,936

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-05-312025-05-31
Operating margin 2.9%2.9%
Net margin -49.7%0.7%
Return on capital employed 7.8%8.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 67.7%64.4%
Current ratio 1.94x2.00x
Interest cover 2.80x1.72x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Krogh & Partners Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have obtained a letter of support for period to 31 December 2026 from the ultimate parent company - Bang & Olufsen A/S and have received assurances on the ability of the parent to provide such support, for a period to 31 December 2026, so are confident that, if required, group support is forthcoming. The company is not reliant on any external banking facilities. The directors are confident that, based on financial forecasts, the company will operate within its working capital limits. As a consequence, despite the current uncertain economic outlook, the directors have a rea- sonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period to 31 December 2026.”

Group structure

  1. BANG & OLUFSEN U.K. LIMITED · parent
    1. Authenticity Limited 100% · Great Britain · Non-trading
    2. Eastbrook Finance Limited 100% · Great Britain · Non-trading

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

People

3 active · 39 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HORNSTRUP, Eli Ivan Director 2019-05-01 Dec 1971 Danish
LJUNGDAHL, Line Koehler Director 2015-02-25 Feb 1978 Danish
WINKLER, Heidi Director 2025-07-01 Mar 1971 Danish
Show 39 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HANSEN, Martin Lonborg Secretary 2002-06-19 2008-08-31
HJANNUNG, Thomas Secretary 2008-08-31 2010-04-20
KRISTENSEN BAK, Kim Secretary 1994-11-01 1997-08-29
MACGREGOR, Walter Secretary 2000-06-01 2002-06-19
RING, Ronald Arthur Secretary — 1994-10-03
TOBIN, William Christopher Secretary 1997-08-29 2000-05-31
ANDERSON, Finn Director 1997-08-29 1999-03-01
ANDERSON, Michael Boe Aagaard Director 2008-12-19 2010-04-20
BENNETT-THERKILDSEN, John Christian Director 2008-09-29 2013-07-31
CHRISTENSEN, Malene Richter Director 2018-06-26 2020-02-03
FISCHER, Ann-Charlott Director 2000-09-01 2001-09-27
FLYVHOLM, Lars, Director Director 2013-07-31 2015-09-23
FLYVHOLM, Lars Director 2008-07-01 2012-10-01
GALSGAARD, Lars Hardboe, Mr. Director 2016-11-25 2017-07-31
HANSEN, Kim Hyldahl, Director Director 2001-10-25 2015-02-25
HEJSELBÆK, Jesper Director 2020-02-03 2025-07-01
HUMMELMOSE, Mads Director 2017-08-01 2018-11-30
JACOBSEN, Ebbe Pelle, Executive Vice President Director 1992-08-26 1995-09-22
JENSEN, Claus Højmark, Director Director 2018-11-30 2021-01-15
JONES, John Gareth Director — 1994-04-13
KNUD ERIK, Pedersen Director 1994-04-13 1994-11-01
KNUTSEN, Anders Director — 2001-06-30
LAURSEN, Poul Plougmann, Executive Vice President Director 1992-08-26 1996-08-28
MANTONI, Tue Director 2011-03-01 2013-07-31
MOTTERSHEAD, Derek Stuart Director 1994-11-01 2008-07-01
MØBALLE, Andreas Kaalund, Director Director 2018-11-30 2019-03-31
NIELSEN, Brian Bo, Director Director 2015-02-25 2018-01-31
NIELSEN, Karl Kristian Hvidt Director 2008-09-29 2011-03-01
PEDERSEN, Mogens Elbrond, Director Director 2013-07-31 2015-02-25
PORTLOCK, John Humphrey Director — 1993-11-30
POULSEN, Christoffer Østergaard, Managing Director Director 2012-10-01 2016-11-25
PURUP, Jorgen Director 1999-10-07 2001-01-02
RING, Ronald Arthur Director — 1994-10-03
SANDAGER, Elisabeth Director 1998-05-25 2003-03-31
SCHWENNESEN, Karsten Director 1996-08-28 1997-08-29
SKIFTER, Poul Ulrich Director — 1992-08-26
SORENSEN, Torben Ballegaard Director 2001-07-01 2008-10-01
SVANHOLM, Martin Dyrby, Director Director 2015-09-23 2018-11-30
THOSTRUP, Peter Director 1996-08-28 2008-10-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bang & Olufsen A/S Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 192 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-01-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-15 OC miscellaneous Court order
2020-06-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-03-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-02-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-02-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2019-10-07 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31

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

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