SUNSPEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-21 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+8.9% vs 2024
Employees
135
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+15.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SUNSPEL LIMITED 2016-05-20 → present
- SUNSPEL MENSWEAR LIMITED 1985-03-18 → 2016-05-20
- MICRODRAM LIMITED 1983-12-28 → 1985-03-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-30 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,361,361 | £28,087,744 | |
| Operating profit | £3,285,093 | £3,851,417 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,159,767 | £3,644,174 | |
| Net profit | £2,460,312 | £2,737,998 | |
| Cash | £4,598,767 | £4,616,848 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,805,015 | £15,119,305 | |
| Net assets | £8,264,908 | £9,002,906 | |
| Equity | £8,264,908 | £9,002,906 | |
| Average employees | 129 | 135 | |
| Wages | £4,087,312 | £4,725,213 |
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 | 2024-01-30 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.7% | 25.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.4% | 60.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.18x | 2.11x | |
| Interest cover | 26.21x | 18.58x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SUNSPEL LIMITED · parent
- Sunspel GmbH 100%
- Sunspel US, Inc. 100%
- Sunspel-Boxer Limited 100%
- Kane & Raymond Limited* 100%
- Yammerton Grange Limited* 100%
- Sunspel (Services) Limited* 100%
- Sunspel Mercer St LLC* 100%
- Sunspel K.K. 100%
- Sunspel Madison LLC* 100%
Significant events
- “Central to the company's success this year was a commitment to international growth, building on the global appeal of the Sunspel brand. The year was defined by a step-change in the Group's international presence, particularly in the United States. Two new West Coast stores were opened in Los Angeles and Montecito.”
- “At home in the UK, another significant landmark was reached with the relocation of the London store to Jermyn Street. The new flagship not only elevates the customer experience but also serves as a statement of the brand's ambition.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE, Nicholas Mark | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | — | British |
| BROOKE, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2005-07-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARRELL, Joan Irene | Secretary | — | 2001-06-27 |
| HILL, Philip John De Cusse | Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2005-07-01 |
| AMBERG, Bill William Mark | Director | 2006-05-05 | 2011-06-15 |
| BURTON, Gwynneth Teresa Mary | Director | 1999-07-22 | 2000-06-19 |
| HAZLEHURST, Charles Dominic | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2020-04-02 |
| HILL, John Archibald De Cusse | Director | — | 1995-02-06 |
| HILL, Peter Jocelyn Montgomerie | Director | — | 2005-07-01 |
| HILL, Philip John De Cusse | Director | 1997-08-26 | 2005-07-01 |
| MILLAR, Rowland | Director | — | 2000-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas A. Hill Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-06-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-30
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Turnover
+10.8%
£25,361,361 £28,087,744
-
Cash
+0.4%
£4,598,767 £4,616,848
-
Net assets
+8.9%
£8,264,908 £9,002,906
-
Employees
+4.7%
129 135
-
Operating profit
+17.2%
£3,285,093 £3,851,417
-
Profit before tax
+15.3%
£3,159,767 £3,644,174
-
Wages
+15.6%
£4,087,312 £4,725,213
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