KPSS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£721K
+107.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+10.4% vs 2023
Employees
102
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+64% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KPSS (UK) LIMITED 2003-12-29 → present
- GOLDWELL (HAIR COSMETICS) LIMITED 1958-02-27 → 2003-12-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,310,000 | £24,623,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,064,000 | £1,641,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,049,000 | £1,720,000 | |
| Net profit | £543,000 | £1,339,000 | |
| Cash | £347,000 | £721,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,259,000 | £6,480,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,473,000 | £4,936,000 | |
| Equity | £4,473,000 | £4,936,000 | |
| Average employees | 107 | 102 | |
| Wages | £6,078,000 | £6,562,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.0% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.4% | 68.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 1.42x | 2.07x |
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
- Ensors Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors have a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources will continue to be available for the next 12 months and the foreseeable future and the Company will continue in operational existence. As such, the Directors consider that the going concern basis of preparation continues to be appropriate.”
Significant events
- “In 2024, the business continued to grow slowly due to the high inflation and pressure in utility prices, interest rates and the uncertainty in the market resulting in a year on year net sales increase of 1.3M.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARHAM, Edward | Secretary | 2018-05-01 | — | — |
| BARHAM, Edward James | Director | 2018-05-01 | Oct 1983 | British |
| GROOTENTRAAST, Christel | Director | 2025-08-01 | Sep 1976 | Dutch |
| MORIYA, Mayumi | Director | 2026-01-27 | Dec 1968 | Japanese |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSH, Stephen | Secretary | 2017-07-14 | 2018-04-30 |
| BUSH, Stephen | Secretary | 2015-08-01 | 2016-10-04 |
| FILER, Christopher | Secretary | 2012-11-07 | 2014-06-13 |
| HILL, Nicholas Albert | Secretary | 1993-12-03 | 2006-08-31 |
| HUGHES, Martin | Secretary | 2006-12-20 | 2012-03-19 |
| KERIN, Leta Mary Josephine | Secretary | — | 1993-12-03 |
| RENWICK, Charlotte | Secretary | 2016-10-04 | 2017-07-14 |
| RENWICK, Charlotte Evelyn | Secretary | 2014-06-13 | 2015-08-01 |
| WHINNEY, Charles Humphrey Dickens | Secretary | 2012-06-11 | 2012-11-07 |
| BROCKHUS, Eric | Director | 2015-09-07 | 2016-10-12 |
| BUSH, Stephen Charles | Director | 2016-02-11 | 2018-04-30 |
| COUTS, Cory | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2021-09-01 |
| ERICH, Bjorn | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2020-08-18 |
| GIANNANDREA, Mark | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2019-06-05 |
| HEAL, Richard Gordon John | Director | — | 2005-06-14 |
| HILL, Nicholas Albert | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| HUGHES, Martin | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2012-03-19 |
| JERZEMBECK, Klaus | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| MENKHORST, Johanna Wilhelmina | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2015-09-01 |
| PRATT, Dominic | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2026-01-27 |
| REILLY, Paul Stephen | Director | 1992-07-13 | 1992-12-18 |
| ROBERTS, Raymond Joseph | Director | — | 2000-04-07 |
| WINCHESTER, Julie | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2025-01-31 |
| WOOD, Nicholas John Kendal | Director | 2005-06-15 | 2015-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kao Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-11-17 | Active |
| Kao Germany Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.6%
£23,310,000 £24,623,000
-
Cash
+107.8%
£347,000 £721,000
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£4,473,000 £4,936,000
-
Employees
-4.7%
107 102
-
Operating profit
+54.2%
£1,064,000 £1,641,000
-
Profit before tax
+64%
£1,049,000 £1,720,000
-
Wages
+8%
£6,078,000 £6,562,000
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