HAMLEYS OF LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-53.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£28M
-2% vs 2023
Employees
394
-8.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£853K
+75.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HAMLEYS OF LONDON LIMITED 1994-04-08 → present
- HAMLEYS LIMITED 1988-11-17 → 1994-04-08
- PRECIS (778) LIMITED 1988-08-17 → 1988-11-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,371,000 | £47,356,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,683,000 | £4,079,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,451,000 | -£853,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,338,000 | -£541,000 | |
| Cash | £10,083,000 | £4,656,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,346,000 | £72,689,000 | |
| Net assets | -£27,087,000 | -£27,628,000 | |
| Equity | -£27,087,000 | -£27,628,000 | |
| Average employees | 429 | 394 | |
| Wages | £9,121,000 | £9,377,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | -5.0% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 121.4% | 123.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.32x | 0.78x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PBG Associates Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, after considering the financial forecasts, appropriate sensitivities, current trading and available facilities expect the Company to have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors also anticipate that the existing funding facilities to remain in place and would ensure sufficient liquidity in the business for next 12 months. Based on all of the evidence available the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-27 | — | — |
| ROBERTS, Gregory Neil | Director | 2020-08-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| VARGHESE, Saji | Director | 2023-06-27 | May 1970 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURFORD, Christopher Victor | Secretary | 2004-09-03 | 2004-10-28 |
| DUNN, Alasdair Andrew | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2013-02-26 |
| HALL, Ladan | Secretary | 1998-01-12 | 1998-05-29 |
| HALL, Ladan | Secretary | 1994-03-02 | 1997-08-15 |
| MATHER, Nicholas Charles Holt | Secretary | 2004-10-28 | 2005-11-01 |
| PARKER, Ian Robert | Secretary | 2000-07-03 | 2004-09-03 |
| PRENDERGAST, Maria | Secretary | 1997-08-15 | 1998-01-12 |
| SMITH, Melanie Bernice | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2000-06-30 |
| ASH, Christopher John | Director | 1997-10-06 | 1999-05-05 |
| BAILEY, Neil Leroy | Director | — | 1992-01-10 |
| BURKE, Simon Paul | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2003-08-06 |
| CHADWICK, Duncan Hiller Mackenzie | Director | — | 1992-01-10 |
| CULLINAN, Geoffrey Peter | Director | 1996-07-25 | 1996-10-02 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Ralph Brander | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2019-02-28 |
| CURRIE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2009-05-07 |
| DUNN, Alasdair Andrew | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2017-06-16 |
| DYER, Howard Paul | Director | 1992-07-14 | 1996-07-25 |
| FEUER, Jonathan Philip | Director | — | 1992-07-14 |
| FOGEL, David Richard | Director | 1998-03-20 | 2001-03-31 |
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Director | 1998-03-23 | 2000-01-13 |
| GANG, Wu | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2019-07-16 |
| GRUNBERG, Jean-Michel Victor | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2015-11-25 |
| HIDALGO, Rudolph | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2015-11-25 |
| JABLONOWSKI, Alexander David | Director | 2017-07-24 | 2018-10-09 |
| LE FRANCOIS DES COURTIS, Jean Marie Robert | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2015-11-25 |
| MACHENZIE, Alexander Donald | Director | — | 1992-07-14 |
| MATHER, Nicholas Charles Holt | Director | 2004-10-28 | 2008-05-02 |
| MEHTA, Darshan Rasiklal | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2024-11-15 |
| OSBORNE, Katherine Anne | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2007-05-31 |
| PARKER, Ian Robert | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2004-09-03 |
| REYNISSON, Gudjon Karl | Director | 2008-05-02 | 2017-09-30 |
| RIDDY, Alan Michael | Director | — | 1998-03-23 |
| SHAIKH, Sohail Ahmed | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2020-07-31 |
| SHARMA, Dilip Kumar | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2023-06-12 |
| SHEN, Yong | Director | 2018-10-09 | 2019-08-31 |
| WATKINSON, John Dudley | Director | 2003-08-05 | 2005-09-16 |
| WOODBRIDGE, Stephen John | Director | 1992-07-14 | 1997-12-31 |
| YADAV, Sumeet | Director | 2025-02-03 | 2025-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliance Brands Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-14 | Active |
| The Hamleys Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.1%
£46,371,000 £47,356,000
-
Cash
-53.8%
£10,083,000 £4,656,000
-
Net assets
-2%
-£27,087,000 -£27,628,000
-
Employees
-8.2%
429 394
-
Operating profit
+142.4%
£1,683,000 £4,079,000
-
Profit before tax
+75.3%
-£3,451,000 -£853,000
-
Wages
+2.8%
£9,121,000 £9,377,000
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