MASON PEARSON BROS. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+30% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+12.1% vs 2024
Employees
84
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+449.1% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,181,312 | £8,802,020 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £114,129 | £1,566,844 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £328,058 | £1,801,204 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £233,136 | £1,282,193 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £5,993,293 | £7,788,623 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £11,131,960 | £12,561,385 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £10,556,506 | £11,838,699 | |
| Equity | £6,228,217 | £6,878,867 | — | — | — | £10,556,506 | £11,838,699 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 84 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,158,650 | £3,200,794 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2% | 17.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5% | 14.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 14.22x | 7.39x |
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
- Grunberg
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- MASON PEARSON BROS. LIMITED · parent
- Mason Pearson Brothers Limited 100%
- Mason Pearson Limited 100%
- MPHP Limited 100%
Significant events
- “An interim dividend of £472,640 was declared in the year. The interim dividend was paid after the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKPATRICK, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-09-28 | — | — |
| MORRISON, Beate Susanne | Director | 2024-09-25 | Jul 1965 | German |
| PEARSON, Michael John | Director | — | Feb 1951 | British |
| SNYDER, Michael John, Sir | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jul 1950 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Michael John | Secretary | 2000-07-24 | 2022-09-28 |
| PEARSON, Michael | Secretary | — | 2000-07-23 |
| BOULTON, Juliette Mary | Director | — | 2018-12-05 |
| JACKSON, Anthony James | Director | 2017-03-05 | 2026-03-31 |
| PEARSON, Michael | Director | — | 2000-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Juliette Mary Boulton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-27 |
| Mr Michael John Pearson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+69.9%
£5,181,312 £8,802,020
-
Cash
+30%
£5,993,293 £7,788,623
-
Net assets
+12.1%
£10,556,506 £11,838,699
-
Employees
0%
84 84
-
Operating profit
+1,272.9%
£114,129 £1,566,844
-
Profit before tax
+449.1%
£328,058 £1,801,204
-
Wages
+1.3%
£3,158,650 £3,200,794
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