KINDERTONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+114.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+75.3% vs 2023
Employees
696
-9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£17M
-54% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KINDERTONS LIMITED 1999-04-27 → present
- FASHION CONTRACTS LIMITED 1999-02-10 → 1999-04-27
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 | £147,701,000 | £126,320,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£10,523,000 | -£16,438,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,734,000 | -£16,529,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,652,000 | -£16,556,000 | |
| Cash | £1,009,000 | £2,168,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,901,000 | £10,561,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,901,000 | £10,345,000 | |
| Equity | £5,901,000 | £10,345,000 | |
| Average employees | 772 | 696 | |
| Wages | £18,657,000 | £16,767,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.1% | -13.0% | |
| Net margin | -7.2% | -13.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -178.3% | -155.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.9% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | -49.87x | -180.64x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors have formed a judgement that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company and group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements”
Significant events
- “During the year Premex Services Limited (a fellow subsidiary undertaking) waived intercompany loans due from Kindertons Limited totalling £21,000,000. This has been treated as a capital contribution.”
- “During the prior year JP Morriss Limited, Plantec Assist Limited and Premex Services Limited (all fellow subsidiary undertakings) waived intercompany loans due from Kindertons Limited totalling £13,850,000. This was treated as a capital contribution.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMAN, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2019-03-21 | Oct 1975 | British |
| LEEMANYAN, Jean-Christophe | Director | 2021-10-12 | May 1979 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-10 | 1999-04-27 |
| LATHAM, Christopher Jon | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2017-02-28 |
| RUSSELL, Caroline Emily Elizabeth | Secretary | 2018-12-20 | 2026-01-01 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1999-02-10 | 1999-04-27 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Neil Lithgow | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2018-12-20 |
| ELLISON, Shaun Alexander | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2018-08-15 |
| FAUN, Stephen | Director | 2007-04-05 | 2015-10-02 |
| FOWLER, Donald Stuart | Director | 2019-01-08 | 2020-04-16 |
| LATHAM, Christopher John | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2017-02-28 |
| LAVER, Doug | Director | 2019-01-08 | 2025-10-28 |
| MCDONALD, Rob | Director | 2020-01-08 | 2020-09-15 |
| ROSE, Aidan Francis | Director | 2025-06-24 | 2026-01-01 |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2021-11-02 |
| WARD, Nigel James | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2019-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindertons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-14.5%
£147,701,000 £126,320,000
-
Cash
+114.9%
£1,009,000 £2,168,000
-
Net assets
+75.3%
£5,901,000 £10,345,000
-
Employees
-9.8%
772 696
-
Operating profit
-56.2%
-£10,523,000 -£16,438,000
-
Profit before tax
-54%
-£10,734,000 -£16,529,000
-
Wages
-10.1%
£18,657,000 £16,767,000
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