ONTEX RETAIL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
+18.2% vs 2023
Employees
21
+10.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-21.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ONTEX RETAIL UK LIMITED 2004-04-20 → present
- HELEN HARPER HYGIENIC LIMITED 1982-05-07 → 2004-04-20
- PRECIS NINETY LIMITED 1982-02-12 → 1982-05-07
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 | £182,514,907 | £174,531,492 | |
| Operating profit | £2,803,922 | £1,824,437 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,435,530 | £2,695,518 | |
| Net profit | £2,372,848 | £1,759,154 | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,838,074 | £11,585,528 | |
| Net assets | £9,687,479 | £11,446,633 | |
| Equity | £9,687,479 | £11,446,633 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 21 | |
| Wages | £1,320,702 | £1,331,656 |
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 | 1.5% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.5% | 15.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 11.47x | 7.94x |
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
“The directors of the company believe that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. The directors of the company also believe that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of the approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORCEVILLE, Liesbet | Director | 2026-04-27 | Aug 1981 | Belgian |
| GIRLEA, Lilian | Director | 2026-04-27 | Jul 1971 | Swiss |
| STARBUCK, Ashley Geoffrey | Director | 2021-10-01 | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRURING, Adrianus | Secretary | — | 1994-03-02 |
| DICICCO, Louise Rose | Secretary | 1994-03-02 | 2002-03-14 |
| HARWOOD, Martin | Secretary | 2004-12-31 | 2016-07-13 |
| MCKINNON, Graeme Shepherd | Secretary | 2002-03-14 | 2004-12-31 |
| VANDERBOGAERDE, Steven Paul Jules | Secretary | 2016-07-12 | 2017-08-18 |
| BRURING, Adrianus | Director | — | 1998-05-31 |
| COFFYN, Kurt | Director | 2006-05-18 | 2006-08-30 |
| CRINCE, Marcel | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-12-15 |
| DE WEERT, Arnaud | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2006-05-18 |
| GALLET, Marc Marie | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2023-04-18 |
| LONGUEVILLE, William | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2005-01-01 |
| NAVARRE, Thierry | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2021-03-31 |
| NIELLY, Laurent Francois | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2026-04-27 |
| SEYMOUR, Helen | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2021-10-01 |
| STEVENS, Filip Maria | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2004-03-17 |
| TEZEL, Tunc Mustafa | Director | 2023-04-18 | 2026-04-27 |
| VAN MALDEREN, Bartje | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2007-07-05 |
| VAN MALDEREN, Bartye | Director | — | 1993-04-28 |
| VAN MALDEREN, Gustaaf Paul | Director | — | 2002-03-14 |
| VANDENBOGAERDE, Steven Paul Jules | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2021-10-01 |
| ARENEX LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-08-30 | 2013-06-30 |
| ARLIPASE BVBA | Corporate Director | 2015-04-09 | 2017-05-24 |
| EXTRAPOWER LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-08-30 | 2013-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontex Group Nv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-05-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-4.4%
£182,514,907 £174,531,492
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+18.2%
£9,687,479 £11,446,633
-
Employees
+10.5%
19 21
-
Operating profit
-34.9%
£2,803,922 £1,824,437
-
Profit before tax
-21.5%
£3,435,530 £2,695,518
-
Wages
+0.8%
£1,320,702 £1,331,656
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