HCT EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-24 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+216.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£41M
+20% vs 2024
Employees
202
+12.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+37.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- HCT EUROPE LIMITED 2001-03-19 → present
- H.C.T. U.K. LIMITED 1999-12-17 → 2001-03-19
- TINCHANT THORPE LIMITED 1994-01-14 → 1999-12-17
- H. TINCHANT UK LIMITED 1988-01-18 → 1994-01-14
- BRANCHLIFT LIMITED 1987-11-30 → 1988-01-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,870,801 | £82,081,163 | |
| Operating profit | £4,290,182 | £6,468,781 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,187,615 | £7,148,791 | |
| Net profit | £5,527,835 | £6,663,461 | |
| Cash | £3,294,653 | £10,440,686 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,269,517 | £45,244,265 | |
| Net assets | £34,414,539 | £41,306,515 | |
| Equity | £34,414,539 | £41,306,515 | |
| Average employees | 179 | 202 | |
| Wages | £8,009,310 | £10,534,841 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | 14.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.01x | 1.84x | |
| Interest cover | 66.80x | 57.44x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- HCT EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Cube Cosmetics S.L.U. 100%
- HCT France SAS 100%
- Tutti Trucchi Cosmetici S.r.l 100%
- Laffon S.r.l 100%
Significant events
- “On 15 November 2024, the Group completed the acquisition of Laffon S.r.I. This acquisition supports the Group's strategy to strengthen its position in key European markets and broaden its product offering.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOK, Richard | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | — | — |
| ASARIA, Mohammed Mohsin | Director | 2015-05-26 | Jun 1974 | British |
| FLOOK, Richard | Director | 2013-10-21 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOF, Marco | Secretary | 2004-06-18 | 2011-03-03 |
| KASAPI, Gregory | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2003-02-12 |
| MANTLE, Jacqueline Clare | Secretary | 2003-02-12 | 2004-06-18 |
| NEIL, Donald Batchelor | Secretary | 2001-01-22 | 2002-02-22 |
| ROGER, Albert | Secretary | 2011-03-03 | 2012-08-01 |
| TINCHANT, Guy Henri Marie-Joseph | Secretary | — | 2001-01-22 |
| THORPE, James Richard Warren | Director | — | 2013-10-21 |
| TINCHANT, Guy Henri Marie-Joseph | Director | — | 2001-01-22 |
| TINCHANT, Henri Alfons Marie-Therese | Director | — | 2009-01-20 |
| TOGNETTI, Robert | Director | 2013-10-21 | 2015-05-26 |
| WARD, Jeff | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2017-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Henry Cornell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-23 | Active |
| Clare Rose Thorpe | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-04-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+39.4%
£58,870,801 £82,081,163
-
Cash
+216.9%
£3,294,653 £10,440,686
-
Net assets
+20%
£34,414,539 £41,306,515
-
Employees
+12.8%
179 202
-
Operating profit
+50.8%
£4,290,182 £6,468,781
-
Profit before tax
+37.8%
£5,187,615 £7,148,791
-
Wages
+31.5%
£8,009,310 £10,534,841
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