MOLTON BROWN LIMITED

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  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-05-14.

1. MOLTON BROWN LIMITED 2000-12-07 → present
2. METWELL LIMITED 1989-08-21 → 2000-12-07

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 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As such, the Directors consider that the going concern basis of preparation continues to be appropriate.”

Group structure

1. MOLTON BROWN LIMITED · parent
   1. Molton Brown Japan Limited 100% · Japan

Significant events

• “The underlying EMEA business continued to grow mainly due to volume growth and some impact from price increases, despite the continued higher than historic levels of inflation, utility prices, interest rates and the uncertainty in the market.”
• “The reported year-on-year net sales decrease of £(2.7)M was driven by a reduction of £(5.1)M in intercompany sales, mainly attributable to the decision to reduce inventory levels in our US warehouse.”
• “The average number of employees through the year increased from 678 to 707. The main 3 reasons for the increase are that we opened 2 additional stores, during Q4 we hired more employees on smaller contracts, rather than fewer employees on bigger contracts, and we had fewer vacancies in 2024 in comparison with 2023.”
• “One of the key decisions in the year was the acquisition of the land and building we produce our goods.”
• “Another project started in May 2024, with a 13-month project programme from May 2024, to strip out and refurbish all three office floors, providing new office, laboratory, and welfare facilities, where significant improvements for controlling and monitoring energy usage with new controls and technologies are being installed.”
• “Mr. Yosuke Maezawa has resigned of his position as a member of the board of directors and has been replaced by Mr. Tomoko Uchiyama as per 1 January 2025.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -2.6%

  £106,869,000 → £104,132,000

• Cash

  +69.3%

  £2,356,000 → £3,988,000

• Net assets

  +3%

  £48,321,000 → £49,789,000

• Employees

  +4.3%

  678 → 707

• Operating profit

  -54.1%

  £5,617,000 → £2,581,000

• Profit before tax

  -65.4%

  £5,277,000 → £1,824,000

• Wages

  +10.1%

  £19,260,000 → £21,206,000

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