288 GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+295.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+16.7% vs 2023
Employees
235
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-14.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- 288 GROUP LIMITED 2006-06-09 → present
- THE WESTMINSTER COLLECTION LIMITED 1987-09-24 → 2006-06-09
- WORLD CUP MASTERFILE LIMITED 1987-04-02 → 1987-09-24
- VILLANELLE LIMITED 1986-03-14 → 1987-04-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,969,999 | £45,003,024 | |
| Operating profit | £5,019,054 | £4,113,878 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,070,436 | £4,319,466 | |
| Net profit | £4,631,353 | £3,238,891 | |
| Cash | £2,481,574 | £9,818,758 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,397,803 | £22,663,625 | |
| Net assets | £19,397,803 | £22,636,694 | |
| Equity | £19,397,803 | £22,636,694 | |
| Average employees | 243 | 235 | |
| Wages | £9,499,488 | £9,585,588 |
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 18.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.3% | 17.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.81x | 5.79x | |
| Interest cover | 317.70x | — |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- 288 GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Sitters Limited 100%
- The Westminster Collection Limited 100%
- CPM Coins Limited 100%
- Beacon Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, the company has repurchased one share from Maryanne Allen for £200,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWEN, Peter Daniel | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | — | British |
| ALLEN, Katharine | Director | 2026-04-30 | Mar 1997 | British |
| ALLEN, Max | Director | 2023-03-10 | Jun 1997 | British |
| ALLEN, Stephen Richard | Director | — | Oct 1959 | British |
| GLEN, Ian | Director | 1998-06-30 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLABON, Maryanne May | Secretary | — | 1998-06-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Alexander | Director | 2019-07-05 | 2021-05-07 |
| ELLWOOD, Rupert James | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2022-12-14 |
| LEAVESLEY, Jason Mark | Director | 2005-08-18 | 2012-03-26 |
| MACKENZIE, Lucy | Director | 2019-07-05 | 2023-05-10 |
| OWEN, Peter Daniel | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| PARKES, Robin | Director | 2019-07-05 | 2023-05-10 |
| ROBINSON, Peter John | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2019-07-05 |
| WALLACE, Alan Wesley | Director | 2007-10-03 | 2010-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Richard Allen | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-11 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-04-30 vs 2023-04-30
-
Turnover
-4.2%
£46,969,999 £45,003,024
-
Cash
+295.7%
£2,481,574 £9,818,758
-
Net assets
+16.7%
£19,397,803 £22,636,694
-
Employees
-3.3%
243 235
-
Operating profit
-18%
£5,019,054 £4,113,878
-
Profit before tax
-14.8%
£5,070,436 £4,319,466
-
Wages
+0.9%
£9,499,488 £9,585,588
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