A NELSON & CO LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. A NELSON & CO LIMITED 1983-04-28 → present
2. A. NELSON & COMPANY LIMITED 1930-08-01 → 1983-04-28

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 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £13,663,000 as at 31 December 2024 the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts in order to assess going concern which indicates that, taking account of reasonable possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds, to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the going concern assessment period. Those forecasts are dependent on the company's ultimate parent company, Nelson & Russell Holdings Limited not seeking repayment of the amounts current due to the group. Nelson & Russell Holdings Limited has indicated that it does not intend to seek repayment of these amounts during the going concern assessment period. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. A NELSON & CO LIMITED · parent
   1. Nelson Pharmacies Limited 100% · UK · Sale of natural healthcare products
   2. Bach Flower Remedies Limited 100% · UK · Licensing of trademarks
   3. Nelson Bach (USA) Limited 100% · USA · Sale of natural healthcare products
   4. Nelsons GmbH 100% · Germany · Commissionaire for natural sales of medicines
   5. Nelson Pharmacies (Ireland) Limited 100% · Republic of Ireland · Dormant
   6. Laboratoire Famadem S.A.M 49% · Monaco · Sale of natural healthcare products

Significant events

• “The Group has continued to simplify, standardise and strengthen its core business processes, systems, and structures, underpinned by a portfolio of strong brands, innovation and growth opportunities, and a dedicated senior leadership team. Progress made to date has accelerated our momentum and will allow us to continue to evolve our strategic plans to enable sustainable future growth.”
• “the business continued to develop its plans across its environmental, social and governance framework. In particular, we are in the process of continuing to review and update our operating processes, raw material and packaging requirements so as to continue to minimise our impact on the environment and ensure we improve the lives of those we touch, without lessening the opportunity for our consumers to enjoy our products. We additionally continue to embrace our aim of improving the health and well-being of people world-wide and the environment in which they live through our charitable activities' programme, including progressing our DE&I and volunteering strategies.”
• “Consolidated our operational footprint at our London manufacturing site, Endeavour Way, by 12,400 square feet”
• “Fitted energy efficient LED lighting”
• “Installed voltage optimization equipment”
• “Upgraded our sales representative cars to a lower CO2e fleet”
• “Worked with Carbon Neutral Britain to calculate our carbon footprint and offset it with high quality UN approved offsets”
• “All of our UK sites continued in 2024 to be powered by 100% renewable energy and we continued in 2024 to work towards replacing single-use plastic with sustainable alternatives”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +12.2%

  £48,709,000 → £54,665,000

• Cash

  +106.7%

  £9,050,000 → £18,707,000

• Net assets

  +12.1%

  -£7,786,000 → -£6,841,000

• Employees

  +29.9%

  177 → 230

• Operating profit

  +30.3%

  -£9,743,000 → -£6,792,000

• Profit before tax

  +110.9%

  -£11,823,000 → £1,286,000

• Wages

  +9.5%

  £12,664,000 → £13,866,000

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