ICANDY WORLD LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-24 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

+23.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+0.9% vs 2023

Employees

+7.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+5.8% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ICANDY WORLD LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	£18,358,433	£20,093,844
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	£2,956,101	£3,041,831
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	—	£2,896,200	£3,063,254
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	£2,235,710	£2,179,018
Cash	—	—	—	—	—	£3,857,142	£4,775,221
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	—	£8,517,509	£8,753,494
Net assets	—	—	—	—	—	£8,418,578	£8,492,334
Equity	£7,650,728	£7,843,236	£8,315,418	£8,321,796	£8,288,130	£8,418,578	£8,492,334
Average employees	—	—	—	—	—	52	56
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	£2,329,205	£2,716,449

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	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	16.1%	15.1%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	12.2%	10.8%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	34.7%	34.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	1.86x	1.68x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	30.20x	22.85x

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: Hazlewoods LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The company has financial resources available and continues to generate cash from operating activities. The directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this trend will continue. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

ICANDY WORLD LIMITED · parent
1. Dongguan iCandy Children's Products Co., Limited 100% · China

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

People

5 active · 3 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
APPEL, Bradley	Secretary	—	—	British
APPEL, Bradley Maurice	Director	—	Jun 1960	British
APPEL, Debra Stacey	Director	2015-11-08	Jan 1963	British
APPEL, Nicola Samantha	Director	2015-11-08	Nov 1966	British
APPEL, Warren Anthony	Director	—	Dec 1963	British

Show 3 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
APPEL, David	Director	—	1999-03-08
APPEL, Raie	Director	—	1997-04-02
BOYLE, Martin Brian	Director	2019-05-15	2024-06-11

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Bradley Appel	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Warren Appel	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 139 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-04-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-26	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-06-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-05-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-05-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-05-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-05-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-04-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-06-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2019-04-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

+9.5%

£18,358,433 £20,093,844
Cash

+23.8%

£3,857,142 £4,775,221
Net assets

+0.9%

£8,418,578 £8,492,334
Employees

+7.7%

52 56
Operating profit

+2.9%

£2,956,101 £3,041,831
Profit before tax

+5.8%

£2,896,200 £3,063,254
Wages

+16.6%

£2,329,205 £2,716,449

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

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