FREED OF LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-24.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+0.1% vs 2023
Employees
192
+5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£173K
-47.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FREED OF LONDON LIMITED 1992-06-30 → present
- STEADYHAPPY LIMITED 1992-03-03 → 1992-06-30
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 | £10,604,840 | £11,045,396 | |
| Operating profit | £327,937 | £169,608 | |
| Profit before tax | £330,393 | £173,104 | |
| Net profit | £21,728 | £5,639 | |
| Cash | £2,139,546 | £1,614,728 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,952,900 | £7,949,404 | |
| Net assets | £7,800,418 | £7,804,398 | |
| Equity | £7,800,418 | £7,804,398 | |
| Average employees | 182 | 192 | |
| Wages | £5,385,483 | £5,823,746 |
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 | 3.1% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.5% | 21.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.44x | 2.74x | |
| Interest cover | 17.59x | 14.01x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that, with the support of its ultimate parent, Onward Holdings Co. Limited, there are no circumstances that give rise to a material uncertainty in relation to going concern. Accordingly, the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- FREED OF LONDON LIMITED · parent
- Freed of London Paris SAS 1%
Significant events
- “Group implemented a significant re-organisation of its operations during the pandemic years... development of a new, state of the art manufacturing facility in the UK, and a restructure of its activities in the US and on mainland Europe.”
- “The Directors have recently undertaken a strategic review in respect of its continued investment in overseas markets and have implemented a planned withdrawal from certain unprofitable sectors in these markets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OZBEY, Alexandra Ann | Secretary | 2011-04-30 | — | — |
| OZBEY, Alexandra Ann | Director | 2018-09-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| SUZUKI, Osamu | Director | 2010-04-29 | Jul 1971 | Japanese |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASH, Mary Kay | Secretary | 1992-06-29 | 2011-04-29 |
| WILSON, Colin | Secretary | 1992-04-01 | 1992-06-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-03-03 | 1992-04-01 |
| ANZAI, Mitsuru | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1994-02-08 |
| ASH, Mary Kay | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2011-04-29 |
| ASTILL, Rodney Brian | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1999-09-10 |
| ATTFIELD, Michele Elise | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2011-04-29 |
| GARRARD, Stuart Arthur John | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| HANSON, Stanley John | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1995-09-01 |
| HAYAKAWA, Masami | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HISAMICHI, Hideo | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1994-02-08 |
| KELEHAR, Dennis James | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1998-12-31 |
| KELLY, Jerry | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2016-03-17 |
| KOBAYASHI, Toshio | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| KOHLER, Bernard Dominic | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1994-03-25 |
| OHNUMA, Tsutomu | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1995-06-06 |
| ONEILL, Patrick James | Director | 1992-06-29 | 2009-12-31 |
| REDHEAD, Mark Andrew | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2018-08-31 |
| REDHEAD, Sharon | Director | 2012-12-17 | 2017-12-31 |
| STOCKTON, John William | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1995-01-27 |
| TAKAHASHI, Tamotsu | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1995-06-06 |
| TONO, Eiji | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2004-03-01 |
| VIOLA, Julienne | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2025-05-06 |
| WILSON, Colin | Director | 1992-04-01 | 2004-01-31 |
| YAMADA, Hiroaki | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-03-03 | 1992-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2020-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+4.2%
£10,604,840 £11,045,396
-
Cash
-24.5%
£2,139,546 £1,614,728
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£7,800,418 £7,804,398
-
Employees
+5.5%
182 192
-
Operating profit
-48.3%
£327,937 £169,608
-
Profit before tax
-47.6%
£330,393 £173,104
-
Wages
+8.1%
£5,385,483 £5,823,746
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