MENTHOLATUM COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Get an alert when MENTHOLATUM COMPANY LIMITED(THE) files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-27.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£34M
+6.5% vs 2024
Employees
116
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+0.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,559,000 | £40,591,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,461,000 | £3,894,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,861,000 | £4,886,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,600,000 | £3,725,000 | |
| Cash | £7,948,000 | £5,760,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,507,000 | £33,525,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,570,000 | £33,634,000 | |
| Equity | £31,570,000 | £33,634,000 | |
| Average employees | 116 | 116 | |
| Wages | £6,160,000 | £6,231,000 |
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 | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.2% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.0% | 17.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.80x | 5.07x | |
| Interest cover | 39.48x | 63.84x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made their own assessment of the company's financial position have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- MENTHOLATUM COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Mentholatum (Overseas) Limited 100%
- Mentholatum South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- A.J. North (Pty) Limited 100%
- The Mentholatum Company (Ireland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In early March 2025, the company's primary supplier of aluminium tubes informed us that they would be closing their business due to financial challenges and macroeconomic policy shifts. This event created uncertainty regarding the continuity of supply for a key packaging item, essential for our gels and creams production processes, and impacting roughly 50% of our product portfolio.”
- “Post year end, but prior to the approval of the financial statements, the board has approved an interim dividend of £1,413,980 (2024: £1,747,430). This dividend has not yet been paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCOLGAN, Linda Anne | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | — | — |
| HOSSENLOPP, Steve | Director | 2012-11-30 | Jan 1965 | American |
| IZON, Michael Trevor | Director | 2021-08-18 | Jun 1968 | British |
| LAWLOR, Andrew John | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jan 1981 | South African |
| MCCOLGAN, Linda Anne | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jun 1972 | Scottish |
| MISZTAK, Maciej Adam | Director | 2016-08-22 | Apr 1972 | Polish |
| SAITO, Masaya | Director | 2018-10-15 | Nov 1963 | Japanese |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSSENLOPP, Steve | Secretary | 2017-10-31 | 2018-09-01 |
| OGLESBY, Howard | Secretary | — | 1995-03-31 |
| SMART, Douglas John | Secretary | 1995-03-31 | 2017-10-31 |
| BROWN, Colin Martin | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2020-12-14 |
| CHAN, Francis Wai Pok | Director | — | 2012-11-30 |
| CRANDALL, Robert Mason | Director | — | 1993-06-16 |
| GORNY, Bronislaw Waclaw Mackie | Director | 2012-02-06 | 2015-09-01 |
| GORNY, Bronislaw Waclaw Mackie | Director | 1991-11-04 | 2007-07-31 |
| HENDERSON, Kenneth Murray | Director | — | 1992-02-28 |
| INGHAM, James Warren | Director | — | 2010-08-06 |
| OGLESBY, Howard | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| SMART, Douglas John | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2017-10-31 |
| TASKER, Andrew Paul | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2012-01-31 |
| YATEMAN, Robert William | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2024-08-31 |
| YOSHIDA, Akiyoshi | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2018-06-25 |
| YOSHIDA, Masashi | Director | 1993-06-16 | 1999-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mentholatum Company Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-08-18 | Active |
| Mr Robert William Yateman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2021-08-18 |
| Mr Douglas John Smart | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-28
-
Turnover
-2.3%
£41,559,000 £40,591,000
-
Cash
-27.5%
£7,948,000 £5,760,000
-
Net assets
+6.5%
£31,570,000 £33,634,000
-
Employees
0%
116 116
-
Operating profit
-12.7%
£4,461,000 £3,894,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.5%
£4,861,000 £4,886,000
-
Wages
+1.2%
£6,160,000 £6,231,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers