LIBERTY FABRIC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-01
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-65.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£84M
+4.5% vs 2024
Employees
46
-9.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+843.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LIBERTY FABRIC LIMITED 2007-03-23 → present
- LIBERTY OF LONDON PRINTS LIMITED 1920-01-02 → 2007-03-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,751,000 | £42,709,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£723,000 | £3,175,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£491,000 | £3,652,000 | |
| Net profit | -£544,000 | £3,601,000 | |
| Cash | £3,626,000 | £1,252,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,451,000 | £84,052,000 | |
| Net assets | £80,451,000 | £84,052,000 | |
| Equity | £80,451,000 | £84,052,000 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 46 | |
| Wages | £1,935,000 | £2,125,000 |
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 | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.6% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.9% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 6.65x | 5.42x | |
| Interest cover | -3.06x | 64.80x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that having reviewed the Company's cash requirements for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, they have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet their liabilities as and when they fall due.”
Group structure
- LIBERTY FABRIC LIMITED · parent
- Liberty Investment Limited 100%
- Liberty Japan Co. Limited 100%
- Liberty Fabric Sales Limited 100%
- Liberty Fabric Services Italy Srl 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025, a full refinancing was completed following a lender engagement process led by Marlborough Partners, who were formally appointed as debt advisors in November 2024. The refinancing supports the group's long-term strategic plan approved by the board and aligns with the company's target leverage profile and capital structure objectives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEHBOOB-KHAN, Adil | Director | 2018-01-19 | Jan 1964 | British |
| PREGNOLATO, Alex | Director | 2026-02-04 | Dec 1973 | Italian |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPELAND, Francis Charles Stuart | Secretary | 1996-07-31 | 1997-05-09 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Secretary | 1998-09-12 | 2000-08-31 |
| PUGH, Arthur John | Secretary | — | 1996-07-31 |
| STEPHENS, Julia | Secretary | 1997-05-09 | 1998-09-12 |
| TIMMINS, Gail | Secretary | 2015-12-10 | 2016-09-07 |
| FILEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-08-31 | 2014-11-20 |
| ALLAN, Fraser Stuart | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2006-03-31 |
| ANATRIELLO, Marco | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2020-08-07 |
| AUSTEN, Patrick George | Director | 1993-08-03 | 1996-03-31 |
| BIBRING, Michael Albert | Director | 2000-08-03 | 2010-09-06 |
| BLURTON, Andrew Francis | Director | 2000-08-03 | 2010-01-12 |
| CAPELLO, Marco | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2020-08-07 |
| CAREY, Kirstie Jane | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2014-08-26 |
| COWARD, Raymond Martin | Director | — | 2010-09-06 |
| DE LA BOURDONNAYE, Geoffroy | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2010-06-25 |
| DI SPIEZIO SARDO, Emilio | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2020-08-07 |
| GARETY, Andrew John | Director | 1996-09-09 | 1998-01-13 |
| HARRIS, Paul John | Director | 2008-05-13 | 2013-12-19 |
| HOSTLER, Peter Vernon | Director | — | 1995-04-12 |
| JOBLING, Michele Anne | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2000-08-03 |
| JOHNSON, Alan William | Director | — | 2000-02-10 |
| LAFLIN, John Spencer | Director | — | 1996-07-12 |
| LANG, Geoffrey Francis John | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1997-02-26 |
| MARDON, Crispin Paul | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2008-05-13 |
| MOUSLEY, Timothy Thomas | Director | — | 1993-09-04 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2000-08-31 |
| SAADA, Gilbert | Director | — | 1996-07-31 |
| SINGH, Jagtar | Director | 2000-08-03 | 2010-09-06 |
| SRIVASTAVA, Vishesh Nath | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2018-01-19 |
| STEWART-LIBERTY, Oliver James | Director | — | 1995-04-06 |
| UNSWORTH, Robert | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2026-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Zeta Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-11-30 | Ceased 2016-11-30 |
| Liberty Retail Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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 2025-02-01 vs 2024-02-03
-
Turnover
-4.6%
£44,751,000 £42,709,000
-
Cash
-65.5%
£3,626,000 £1,252,000
-
Net assets
+4.5%
£80,451,000 £84,052,000
-
Employees
-9.8%
51 46
-
Operating profit
+539.1%
-£723,000 £3,175,000
-
Profit before tax
+843.8%
-£491,000 £3,652,000
-
Wages
+9.8%
£1,935,000 £2,125,000
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