WORLD BRANDS DUTY FREE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-20 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17K
-97.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£102M
+8% vs 2024
Employees
136
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
-11.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £191,883,000 | £188,983,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,994,000 | £6,047,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,558,000 | £7,559,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,501,000 | £7,574,000 | |
| Cash | £815,000 | £17,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £94,509,000 | £102,081,000 | |
| Net assets | £94,509,000 | £102,081,000 | |
| Equity | £94,509,000 | £102,081,000 | |
| Average employees | 140 | 136 | |
| Wages | £17,653,000 | £14,563,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.0% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 2.10x | |
| Interest cover | 102.41x | 6.47x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As detailed in accounting policy 1.4, at the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WORLD BRANDS DUTY FREE LIMITED · parent
- Pernod Ricard Travel Retail EMEA Limited 100%
- Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 September 2025, the Company paid an ordinary dividend of £40m to the Company's parent, Chivas Brothers Holdings Limited.”
- “The conflict in the Middle East that began on 28th February 2026 is currently expected to have a marginal impact on profits in the short term, based on the company's initial assessment on this evolving situation. The directors continue to monitor the situation closely.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKECHNIE, Stuart Andrew Ferrie | Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| BOUVIER, Fabrice | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1980 | French |
| HARRISON, Mark | Director | 2025-09-17 | Dec 1964 | British |
| PILLET, Laurent | Director | 2023-09-12 | Aug 1956 | French |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASTARRECHE, Teresa | Secretary | 2024-09-26 | 2025-11-01 |
| BEUVE-MERY, Marc | Secretary | 1992-10-06 | 1995-08-31 |
| CRANWELL, Timiko | Secretary | 2017-09-13 | 2019-12-11 |
| DAVIE, Andrew | Secretary | 2000-06-06 | 2002-03-11 |
| EGAN, Jane | Secretary | 2006-04-18 | 2011-02-14 |
| MACNAB, Stuart | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2017-09-13 |
| MACNAB, Stuart | Secretary | 2002-03-11 | 2006-04-18 |
| MARIGNIER, Alban | Secretary | 1995-09-01 | 2000-06-06 |
| THOMPSON, Catherine Louise | Secretary | 2019-12-19 | 2024-09-26 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-10-06 | 1992-10-06 |
| BLANCHARD, Caroline | Director | 2002-08-20 | 2005-01-31 |
| BOEUF, Nathalie | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2019-06-28 |
| CAMBOURNAC, Gilles | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2005-01-31 |
| CUSHWAY, Philip James | Director | 1992-10-06 | 1996-09-02 |
| DUVA, Antonio | Director | 2017-07-12 | 2024-09-26 |
| FETTER, Herve Denis Michel | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2009-05-01 |
| GASPERIN, Olivier Jean Marie | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-03-01 |
| JACQUILLAT, Thierry | Director | 1992-10-22 | 2004-04-29 |
| JETHA, Aziz | Director | 2004-11-24 | 2009-05-01 |
| KRANTZ, Nicolas | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2002-08-20 |
| LAL, Mohit | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2023-09-13 |
| LAPEYRE, Franck Michel Jean | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2019-06-28 |
| MARIGNIER, Alban | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1995-09-01 |
| MASON, Christopher Wesley | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2000-01-01 |
| NECTOUX, Georges | Director | 1992-10-22 | 1996-05-01 |
| PORTA, Christian | Director | 2004-11-24 | 2009-05-01 |
| RACITI, Charles Anthony | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2019-07-19 |
| RICARD, Patrick | Director | 1992-10-22 | 2007-03-05 |
| ROQUEPLO, Bruno | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1998-03-20 |
| SCHOFIELD, Anthony | Director | 2004-11-24 | 2008-09-30 |
| SHIPTON, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2017-09-11 |
| SMAILES, John Peter | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| STEWART, Anthony | Director | 2001-02-05 | 2001-10-12 |
| VAN MOPPES, Simon | Director | 2024-09-26 | 2025-09-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Ian | Director | 2004-11-24 | 2017-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chivas Brothers (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-1.5%
£191,883,000 £188,983,000
-
Cash
-97.9%
£815,000 £17,000
-
Net assets
+8%
£94,509,000 £102,081,000
-
Employees
-2.9%
140 136
-
Operating profit
+51.4%
£3,994,000 £6,047,000
-
Profit before tax
-11.7%
£8,558,000 £7,559,000
-
Wages
-17.5%
£17,653,000 £14,563,000
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