MARGARET HOWELL LIMITED

1. MARGARET HOWELL LIMITED 2001-10-31 → present
2. MARGARET HOWELL (87) LIMITED 1987-07-27 → 2001-10-31
3. FANERISE LIMITED 1987-05-27 → 1987-07-27

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 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. MARGARET HOWELL LIMITED · parent
   1. Margaret Howell SARL 99.8% · France · Reselling clothing and accessories of the Margaret Howell brand.

Significant events

• “Our small branch in Ireland closed in May 2024.”
• “Investments were made transitioning the distribution function to a third party logistics provider and migrating the Ecommerce site to a new platform.”
• “Both the Dublin and York stores were closed due to trading conditions.”
• “The revised depreciation policy will take effect from 1 March 2026. Previously, management applied a depreciation rate of 30% to 40% to seasonless and sample stock. However, this policy was discontinued as at 28 February 2025, resulting in a reversal of approximately £250,000.”
• “In August 2025, following notice being given on the Group's existing premises, the 'Workroom' operations were relocated to new premises in North London.”
• “The Group has entered into a new lease agreement for a term of ten years with an annual rent of £77,256 (exclusive of VAT), subject to a rent review at the end of the fifth year.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +0.5%

  £18,228,494 → £18,311,918

• Cash

  -84.8%

  £1,889,880 → £287,314

• Net assets

  -17.4%

  £6,558,357 → £5,417,201

• Employees

  +6.4%

  157 → 167

• Operating profit

  -18.3%

  -£912,073 → -£1,079,265

• Profit before tax

  -28.2%

  -£855,865 → -£1,097,088

• Wages

  -4.9%

  £5,456,476 → £5,186,438

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