ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
+31% vs 2024
Net assets
£507M
-36.8% vs 2024
Employees
4,439
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£307M
+15.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £526,207,000 | £505,937,000 | |
| Operating profit | £67,564,000 | £21,017,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£364,763,000 | -£307,280,000 | |
| Net profit | -£376,581,000 | -£304,337,000 | |
| Cash | £5,347,000 | £7,007,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £789,710,000 | £494,561,000 | |
| Net assets | £802,480,000 | £507,086,000 | |
| Equity | £802,480,000 | £507,086,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,512 | 4,439 | |
| Wages | £176,268,000 | £189,007,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | -71.6% | -60.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.3% | 64.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.12x | |
| Interest cover | 2.17x | 0.53x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. As at 30 June 2025, the Company had \u00a37 million cash and access to a \u00a3300 million group revolving credit facility. Directors assessed financial forecasts through to June 2028 and concluded sufficient funds. Ultimate parent confirmed financial support for at least 12 months.”
Group structure
- ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LIMITED · parent
- Aveda Limited 100%
- Clinique Laboratories Limited 100%
- Estee Lauder Azerbaijan LLC 99.9%
- Estee Lauder S.r.l 99%
- Estee Lauder Finland Oy 100%
- Estee Lauder Trustee Company Limited 50%
- Have&Be Co. Ltd. 100%
- PT ELC Beauty Indonesia 99%
- Whitman LB Limited 100%
- Deciem Beauty Group Inc. 100%
- DB GP Co Inc. 100%
- Deciem Australia Pty. Limited 100%
- Deciem Distribution Inc. 100%
- Deciem Inc. 100%
- Deciem Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Deciem Singapore Pte. Ltd 100%
- Deciem Asia Pacific Co. Ltd 100%
- Deciem Netherlands B.V 100%
- Deciem UK Ltd 100%
- Deciem 18-21 41st Street LLC 100%
- Deciem USA LLC 100%
- Have & Be Trading (Shanghai) Co Ltd 100%
- Have & Be USA Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “Company is proposing to move to a third-party in Financial Year 2025 to enhance fulfilment capacity in response to rising online demand. Apart from this, directors are not aware of any likely change in the Company's trading activities in the next year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEWARDS, Tim | Secretary | 2025-01-30 | — | — |
| LEAVERLAND, Samantha Claire | Secretary | 2020-02-01 | — | — |
| TRZESICKA, Agnieszka | Secretary | 2013-07-29 | — | — |
| WIECZOREK, Agata | Secretary | 2018-03-15 | — | — |
| EGERTON, Caroline | Director | 2025-08-15 | Apr 1978 | British |
| NYBERG, Pernilla | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1969 | Swedish |
| SHRIVASTAVA, Akhil | Director | 2024-11-01 | Jan 1973 | American |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOGART, Steffi Kipperman | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2021-11-15 |
| DE STASIO, Raniero | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2025-01-30 |
| DERESHINSKY, Ralph Martin | Secretary | — | 2004-07-06 |
| HUGHES, Edward Robert | Secretary | 2014-05-15 | 2025-12-01 |
| JERVIS, Roland Martin | Secretary | 2003-06-06 | 2014-05-15 |
| KONNEY, Paul Edward | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2003-09-07 |
| MAGRAM, Saul Harvey | Secretary | — | 1999-09-30 |
| MANN, Judith Margaret | Secretary | — | 2010-06-30 |
| MOSS, Sara Ellen | Secretary | 2004-03-30 | 2019-10-28 |
| REESE, Charles Edward | Secretary | 2018-05-01 | 2019-10-28 |
| SMUL, Spencer Gary | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| VANDEVORST, Monique | Secretary | 2013-07-29 | 2018-03-15 |
| VARVILL, Michael | Secretary | — | 2003-06-06 |
| WEMYSS, Susan Kathryn | Secretary | 2013-04-22 | 2018-10-01 |
| ANAND, Amit | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2025-08-15 |
| AQUILINA, Robert James | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2004-01-13 |
| BIGLER, Robert James | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2000-09-27 |
| BURTON, Joanna | Director | 2020-03-13 | 2020-03-13 |
| CAPUTO, Carl Vincent | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2021-11-01 |
| DAY, Alison Claire | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2019-09-20 |
| FOX, Susan Mary Seddon | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2025-01-01 |
| GOOD, Christopher | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| JUEPTNER, Peter | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| KONNEY, Paul Edward | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2000-09-27 |
| KUNES, Richard William | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| LANGHAMMER, Fred Horst | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-01-13 |
| LARKIN, John Douglas Edward | Director | 1992-12-03 | 2012-06-01 |
| LAUDER, Estee Josephine | Director | — | 1995-09-20 |
| LAUDER, Leonard Alan | Director | — | 1996-07-01 |
| LAUDER, William Philip | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| MAGRAM, Saul Harvey | Director | — | 1999-09-30 |
| NEUMAN, Per Ake | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| NYBERG, Pernilla | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| PROUVE, Marc Cedric Yann | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2022-02-01 |
| TRAVIS, Tracey Thomas | Director | 2012-09-30 | 2024-11-01 |
| WARNERY, Philippe Michel | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2019-09-06 |
| WORTHINGTON, Richard Douglas | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estee Lauder Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-3.9%
£526,207,000 £505,937,000
-
Cash
+31%
£5,347,000 £7,007,000
-
Net assets
-36.8%
£802,480,000 £507,086,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
4,512 4,439
-
Operating profit
-68.9%
£67,564,000 £21,017,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.8%
-£364,763,000 -£307,280,000
-
Wages
+7.2%
£176,268,000 £189,007,000
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