FRENCH CONNECTION UK LIMITED

1. FRENCH CONNECTION UK LIMITED 2011-02-07 → present
2. FRENCH CONNECTION RETAIL LIMITED 1993-05-04 → 2011-02-07
3. LILAJOY LIMITED 1975-08-08 → 1993-05-04

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board has concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Furthermore, the Company has additional levers available to manage cash including reducing discretionary spend such as capital expenditure and accelerating the liquidation of older season stock where deemed appropriate.”

Significant events

• “On 1 July 2025, the MIP Holdings Group restructured the corporate structure of its UK trading subsidiaries. The UK/EU Wholesale trading division was transferred from French Connection UK Limited to French Connection (Wholesale) Limited (previously named French Connection Ecommerce (International) Limited). French Connection UK Limited now solely operates the UK/EU Retail trading division.”
• “On 1 December 2025, the Group implemented a new cloud-based ERP system replacing existing on-premise legacy systems in order to improve reliability, security and efficiency of its business operations.”
• “On 16 January 2026, the US and Canada trading operations of the wider MIP Holdings Ltd Group were licensed to a third-party operator. The Directors believe that the future revenues achieved from the licensing agreement will outweigh the existing profitability of the North American operations. As a result of this transaction and subsequent credit assessment of amounts due from French Connection (Canada) Limited, management expects in the year ended 30 June 2026 to fully provide against the £7,878,066 intercompany receivable recognised at in debtors in French Connection UK Limited as at 30 June 2025. As the transaction occurred after the reporting date, this is a non-adjusting event. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amount of the receivable at 30 June 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.2%

  £61,826,000 → £61,672,000

• Cash

  +1.7%

  £3,234,000 → £3,288,000

• Net assets

  +6%

  £17,733,000 → £18,792,000

• Employees

  +15.6%

  237 → 274

• Operating profit

  -35.2%

  £3,749,000 → £2,429,000

• Profit before tax

  -60.6%

  £2,685,000 → £1,059,000

• Wages

  +18.9%

  £3,535,000 → £4,204,000

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