ZAPF CREATION (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-55.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+11.6% vs 2023
Employees
7
-12.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£592K
+79.4% vs 2023
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 | £13,651,000 | £14,387,000 | |
| Operating profit | £624,000 | £509,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £330,000 | £592,000 | |
| Net profit | £250,000 | £456,000 | |
| Cash | £4,544,000 | £2,019,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,916,000 | £4,375,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,916,000 | £4,372,000 | |
| Equity | £3,916,000 | £4,372,000 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 7 | |
| Wages | £311,000 | £360,000 |
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 | 4.6% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | 1.75x | 4.80x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Director consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: ...Consequently, the director is confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 6 October 2023, Zapf Creation AG received a letter informing that the shares of the Larian Living Trust had been transferred to MGAE Deutschland Holding AG. By 31 December 2023, MGAE directly held 6,005,442 shares in Zapf, representing approximately 93.4% of the share capital and voting rights. On 10 June 2024, the operational business of Zapf Creation AG was merged into MGAE Deutschland Holding AG. Subsequently, the company was renamed to MGA Zapf Creation AG and the legal form was changed to a GmbH on 14 June 2024, now operating as MGA Zapf Creation GmbH.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Ian Peter | Secretary | 2008-05-29 | — | British |
| EICHHORN, Thomas | Director | 2011-04-15 | Mar 1965 | German |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHTON, Andrew Howard Thomas | Secretary | 1999-10-15 | 2008-05-29 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-15 | 1999-10-15 |
| BRUNE, Stephan Friedrich | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2010-01-31 |
| CATT, Mary Philomena | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2004-06-01 |
| EICHHORN, Thomas | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2006-05-18 |
| JANSEN, Andreas | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2024-06-12 |
| KEIL, Jens Ulrich | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2010-06-30 |
| KELLINGHUSEN, Georg, Dr | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2006-12-20 |
| LAUGHTON, Andrew Howard Thomas | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| LAUGHTON, Andrew Howard Thomas | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2008-05-29 |
| PFAU, Thomas | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2008-10-31 |
| PIESCH, Bernd | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2011-04-15 |
| SCHALAST, Hannelore | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| WOOD, Mary | Director | 2003-03-17 | 2005-08-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-10-15 | 1999-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zapf Creation Auslandsholding Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-07-07 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2020-07-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-07-07 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2020-07-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.4%
£13,651,000 £14,387,000
-
Cash
-55.6%
£4,544,000 £2,019,000
-
Net assets
+11.6%
£3,916,000 £4,372,000
-
Employees
-12.5%
8 7
-
Operating profit
-18.4%
£624,000 £509,000
-
Profit before tax
+79.4%
£330,000 £592,000
-
Wages
+15.8%
£311,000 £360,000
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