HERMES (G.B.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£403K
+92.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£107M
+123.7% vs 2023
Employees
327
+13.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£81M
+80.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERMES (G.B.) LIMITED 1982-06-01 → present
- PARFUMS DE PARIS LIMITED 1963-09-04 → 1982-06-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £259,567,000 | £349,154,000 | |
| Operating profit | £45,311,000 | £83,084,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £44,589,000 | £80,576,000 | |
| Net profit | £32,960,000 | £59,202,000 | |
| Cash | £209,000 | £403,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £163,730,000 | £201,325,000 | |
| Net assets | £47,856,000 | £107,058,000 | |
| Equity | £47,856,000 | £107,058,000 | |
| Average employees | 289 | 327 | |
| Wages | £18,707,000 | £22,316,000 |
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 | 17.5% | 23.8% | |
| Net margin | 12.7% | 17.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.7% | 41.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 2.28x | |
| Interest cover | 22.58x | 28.40x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a consequence, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risk successfully. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate and exist for a period of at least 12 months after the approval of these financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company moved to a new registered head office address in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAEN, Florian Jean Frederic | Director | 2013-05-01 | Oct 1970 | French |
| DU COUEDIC DE KERERANT, Aliona Marie Oneida | Director | 2012-04-23 | Jun 1991 | French |
| DUMAS, Robert David Philippe | Director | 2013-04-23 | Apr 1985 | British |
| HENNARD, Luc | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jan 1966 | Belgian |
| PINON, Mathieu | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1978 | French |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNEY, Richard Leslie | Secretary | — | 1993-06-14 |
| LACOUR, Andre Leon Bernard | Secretary | 1993-06-14 | 1994-03-16 |
| COMAT CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-03-16 | 2018-01-30 |
| BENIANS, Simon Mario | Director | 1993-06-10 | 1994-12-05 |
| BLANCKAERT, Christian Gerard | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2009-08-31 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Anthony James | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| CAVENAGH, Pamela | Director | 1994-12-05 | 1997-09-05 |
| CRAEN, Florian Jean Frederic | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2009-03-11 |
| DE SEYNES, Pierre | Director | — | 1998-08-04 |
| DUMAS, Axel Olivier | Director | 2013-06-05 | 2015-04-15 |
| DUMAS, Jean-Louis Frederic | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| DUMAS, Pierre-Alexis Philippe | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2015-04-15 |
| DUVAL, Gilles Daniel Charles Maurice | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2008-06-22 |
| GONZALEZ-CRISTOBAL POYO, Beatriz | Director | 2009-08-31 | 2013-05-01 |
| GUERRAND, Jean-Rene Raoul | Director | — | 1993-09-17 |
| GUERRAND, Wilfrid Philippe | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2013-07-01 |
| LACOUR, Andre Leon Bernard | Director | — | 1995-06-08 |
| LEROY, Charles Henri | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2009-03-11 |
| MICHAUD, Bertrand Marie Henri Benoit | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2023-09-01 |
| OUTIN, Thierry | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2012-08-31 |
| PUECH, Alfred Francis | Director | — | 1991-10-17 |
| PUECH, Bertrand Emile | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| STREICHENBERGER, Juliette Marie Catherine | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Marie Charles | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2013-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes Holding Gb Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-05-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+34.5%
£259,567,000 £349,154,000
-
Cash
+92.8%
£209,000 £403,000
-
Net assets
+123.7%
£47,856,000 £107,058,000
-
Employees
+13.1%
289 327
-
Operating profit
+83.4%
£45,311,000 £83,084,000
-
Profit before tax
+80.7%
£44,589,000 £80,576,000
-
Wages
+19.3%
£18,707,000 £22,316,000
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