PZ CUSSONS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£543K
+376.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
-60.9% vs 2024
Employees
224
+4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£19M
-21.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PZ CUSSONS (UK) LIMITED 2002-05-31 → present
- CUSSONS (U.K.) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2002-05-31
- CUSSONS SONS & COMPANY LIMITED 1963-01-25 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £123,552,000 | £126,198,000 | |
| Operating profit | £21,915,000 | £16,229,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,942,000 | £18,864,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,302,000 | £13,867,000 | |
| Cash | £114,000 | £543,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,322,000 | £33,490,000 | |
| Net assets | £67,373,000 | £26,311,000 | |
| Equity | £67,373,000 | £26,311,000 | |
| Average employees | 215 | 224 | |
| Wages | £14,222,000 | £14,895,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 12.9% | |
| Net margin | 19.7% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.2% | 48.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.7% | 70.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 43.14x | 28.03x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, while the Group remains exposed to fluctuations in the Naira exchange rate, the Directors have determined that this no longer represents a material uncertainty. The Directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements.”
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, the Company reached an agreement with the relevant group undertakings to extend the repayment date of the inter-group loan facility, originally due to mature within 12 months of the balance sheet date. The revised repayment terms extend the settlement date to November 2026, more than 12 months after the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRACE, Louise | Secretary | 2023-12-05 | — | — |
| GOSLING, Clare Louise | Director | 2025-11-05 | May 1973 | British |
| MOUSTAFA, Kareem | Director | 2021-07-28 | Sep 1986 | Australian |
| SPENCE, Rob John | Director | 2022-06-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Martyn John | Secretary | 2007-01-15 | 2023-12-05 |
| LEIGH, Brandon Howard | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2007-01-15 |
| MCDERMOTT, Alaric Paul | Secretary | — | 2004-03-31 |
| ARGO, Hannah | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2012-05-11 |
| BERGIN, Alan | Director | 2019-06-13 | 2021-03-08 |
| BIRCHALL, Elaine | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| BOWIE, Andrew | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-07-28 |
| BOX, Dominic | Director | 1998-08-25 | 2004-05-10 |
| CALLAN, Kieran Winston | Director | 1998-02-23 | 1999-11-12 |
| CRAIGIE, Neill James | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| CRICHTON, James Ian Stuart | Director | 1995-01-30 | 1996-06-14 |
| DUNNE, Vanessa | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2009-01-21 |
| EDWARDS, Mark | Director | 1997-09-15 | 2000-06-30 |
| EDWARDS, Terry John | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| FALLON, Michael | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| HEMSWORTH, Kieran Andrew Francis | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2022-05-26 |
| HERBERT, Keith | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| HIGNETT, Barrie Paul | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| HOW, Christopher Gerard | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2010-05-28 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Norman | Director | 2003-05-26 | 2010-07-31 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Norman | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Norman | Director | 1994-05-31 | 1998-03-16 |
| JONES, Robert Neil | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2005-02-17 |
| JONES, Robert Neil | Director | — | 1996-06-14 |
| LANG, Jon | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2017-12-31 |
| LATHAM, John Morton | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| LEIGH, Brandon Howard | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2019-06-13 |
| LUAIN, Caomhán Ó | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2022-05-31 |
| LYNCH, David Gareth | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2002-04-30 |
| MASSIE, Kevin Michael | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2024-09-13 |
| MONES, Nick | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| PLANT, Simon Paul | Director | 2009-03-02 | 2020-05-31 |
| QUICK, Nance | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1998-03-31 |
| REID, Gordon | Director | — | 1996-08-12 |
| SHAW, Michael Iain | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2000-08-11 |
| SILVERWOOD, John William | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2005-12-22 |
| SMYTH, Philip Jonathan | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| STEELE, Alan | Director | 1995-01-30 | 1999-01-22 |
| TALBOT, Graham | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2007-08-20 |
| TOOZE, Michael Frederick | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| WALKER, Gavin Michael Alexander | Director | 1992-09-11 | 1995-09-22 |
| WARD, Michelle | Director | 2011-06-06 | 2011-11-02 |
| WHITEWOOD, David Malcolm | Director | 2000-05-02 | 2005-05-31 |
| YEOMANS, Frazer John | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2019-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pz Cussons (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+2.1%
£123,552,000 £126,198,000
-
Cash
+376.3%
£114,000 £543,000
-
Net assets
-60.9%
£67,373,000 £26,311,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
215 224
-
Operating profit
-25.9%
£21,915,000 £16,229,000
-
Profit before tax
-21.2%
£23,942,000 £18,864,000
-
Wages
+4.7%
£14,222,000 £14,895,000
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