GRAFTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£197K
-45.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
62
-10.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£314K
+2.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,559,460 | £15,989,810 | |
| Operating profit | £369,944 | £395,374 | |
| Profit before tax | £306,378 | £314,383 | |
| Net profit | £203,560 | £211,128 | |
| Cash | £357,875 | £196,598 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,334,361 | £3,311,246 | |
| Net assets | £2,667,883 | £2,629,011 | |
| Equity | £2,667,883 | £2,629,011 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 62 | |
| Wages | £3,050,505 | £2,752,992 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.1% | 11.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.0% | 64.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | 5.82x | 5.04x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- GRAFTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- The Eyelash Emporium Limited 100%
- Lash Emporium Limited 100%
- The Edge Nail & Beauty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group implemented a restructure focused on core brands and customers, aimed at improving efficiency and strengthening profitability.”
- “At 31 August 2025 the group had guarantees in issue for which no provision is considered necessary. The value of these guarantees amount to £550,000 (2024 - £50,000).”
- “At the year end the group had entered into foreign exchange forward contracts to the value of £3,035,452 (2024 - £3,876,762).”
- “In 2022 Grafton International Holdings Limited established an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) share option scheme for certain senior employes of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDWICK, Jonathon Richard | Secretary | 1996-11-18 | — | English |
| HARDWICK, Gareth Edgar | Director | 1996-11-18 | Aug 1935 | British |
| HARDWICK, Jonathon Richard | Director | 1996-11-18 | Apr 1971 | English |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-18 | 1996-11-18 |
| DAVIES, Nathan | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2024-07-31 |
| DAVIES, Susannah | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2005-12-31 |
| HARDWICK, Elizabeth Patricia | Director | 1996-11-18 | 2017-11-07 |
| ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-11-18 | 1996-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-17 | Active |
| Mr Jonathon Richard Hardwick | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-05 | Ceased 2022-02-17 |
| Mr Gareth Edgar Hardwick | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-07-02 | Ceased 2022-02-17 |
| Mr Jonathon Richard Hardwick | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-02 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Patricia Hardwick | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-8.9%
£17,559,460 £15,989,810
-
Cash
-45.1%
£357,875 £196,598
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£2,667,883 £2,629,011
-
Employees
-10.1%
69 62
-
Operating profit
+6.9%
£369,944 £395,374
-
Profit before tax
+2.6%
£306,378 £314,383
-
Wages
-9.8%
£3,050,505 £2,752,992
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