TOYMASTER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-10-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+16.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£5M
+4.3% vs 2025
Employees
15
-11.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£257K
+27.2% vs 2025
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TOYMASTER LIMITED 1989-02-01 → present
- BELLCON MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1988-10-10 → 1989-02-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,842,000 | £56,235,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,000 | £57,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £202,000 | £257,000 | |
| Net profit | £155,000 | £207,000 | |
| Cash | £7,223,000 | £8,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,852,000 | £5,059,000 | |
| Equity | £4,852,000 | £5,059,000 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 15 | |
| Wages | £755,000 | £721,000 |
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 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.3% | 72.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.31x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The retained profit of £207,000 (2025: profit £155,000) results in an increase to reserves.”
- “our Members have demonstrated great resilience which has been reflected in our 13% increase in turnover”
- “As a result of not using the Confidential Invoice Discounting facility for a number of years it has been discontinued.”
- “Shareholder's funds have increased from £4,852,000 to £5,059,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Darren Lee | Secretary | 2024-07-01 | — | — |
| BLATCHER, Christopher Bruce | Director | 2016-09-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| DYSON, Roger | Director | 1999-07-01 | Sep 1947 | British |
| FARROW, Colin Mark | Director | — | Sep 1949 | British |
| HARTFIELD, Julian Owen | Director | 2011-08-01 | Dec 1953 | British |
| PARMAR, Yogesh Kumar | Director | 2015-02-01 | May 1962 | British |
| READER, Paul Anthony | Director | 2020-10-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| ROBINSON, Darren Lee | Director | 2024-07-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| TESTORI, John Allesandro | Director | 2021-09-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARROW, Colin Mark | Secretary | — | 2024-07-01 |
| COLLINSON, Ian Taylor | Director | — | 1997-05-15 |
| CURRY, Nicholas Joseph Anderson | Director | 1995-08-30 | 2001-07-26 |
| DUNCAN, George | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2013-04-30 |
| EDMUNDS, Ian Michael | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2020-09-08 |
| EVESON, Sharon Lesley Diane | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2008-05-14 |
| FITZPATRICK, Ciaran Pius | Director | — | 2026-04-06 |
| FRENZEL, Robert Wallace | Director | 1997-04-07 | 2004-05-19 |
| GREEN, Geoffrey Richard | Director | 1997-04-07 | 2003-05-14 |
| HAWKINS, Peter John | Director | 1994-05-01 | 2000-09-13 |
| HOGG, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2006-03-02 |
| JENNINGS, Neville Grenfell | Director | — | 1994-05-17 |
| LOGAN, Ivor William Hugh | Director | — | 2002-05-15 |
| MALLETT, John Stanley | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2007-10-01 |
| MCDOWELL, Ernest John Roy | Director | 1994-05-01 | 2001-05-17 |
| OVALL, Peter Leslie | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Charles | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2020-08-01 |
| WALKER, George Barry | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2003-05-31 |
| WALKER, George Barry | Director | — | 1997-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 297 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-29 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-05-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-01-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-07-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 11
- 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
FY2025 → FY2026 · period ending 2026-01-31 vs 2025-01-31
-
Turnover
+12.8%
£49,842,000 £56,235,000
-
Cash
+16.3%
£7,223,000 £8,400,000
-
Net assets
+4.3%
£4,852,000 £5,059,000
-
Employees
-11.8%
17 15
-
Operating profit
+307.1%
£14,000 £57,000
-
Profit before tax
+27.2%
£202,000 £257,000
-
Wages
-4.5%
£755,000 £721,000
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