NEW LOOK RETAILERS LIMITED

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  Insolvency history on file

  Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.

1. NEW LOOK RETAILERS LIMITED 1987-06-08 → present
2. NEW LOOK WHOLESALERS LIMITED 1982-03-01 → 1987-06-08

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

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As explained in note 28, on 17 October 2025 the Company and certain subsidiaries* entered into an agreement to extend the senior secured financing arrangement which was originally due to mature on 4 October 2026. The facility, totalling £95.7 million, has been extended by 12 months and now matures on 4 October 2027. This provides the Directors with enhanced visibility and assurance regarding the Company's liquidity position, supporting their assessment that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate.”

Group structure

1. NEW LOOK RETAILERS LIMITED · parent
   1. New Look Retailers (CI) Limited 100% · Guernsey · Trading

Significant events

• “Announced the provisional liquidation of the underperforming ROI business; New Look Retailers (Ireland) Limited during February 2025, resulting in an exceptional loss of £40,598,000.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

1

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

  -6.5%

  £735,403,000 → £687,730,000

• Cash

  +77.5%

  £25,019,000 → £44,399,000

• Net assets

  +33.5%

  £8,606,000 → £11,489,000

• Employees

  -4%

  8,020 → 7,697

• Operating profit

  -373.2%

  £17,433,000 → -£47,632,000

• Profit before tax

  -2,014%

  -£3,654,000 → -£77,244,000

• Wages

  +3%

  £127,276,000 → £131,074,000

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