STELLA MCCARTNEY LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+38.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£58M
-135.8% vs 2023
Employees
179
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£34M
-33.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The need for additional financing represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern in the long-term.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STELLA MCCARTNEY LTD 2001-06-12 → present
- PRECIS (1995) LIMITED 2001-02-28 → 2001-06-12
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 | £21,958,354 | £16,026,647 | |
| Operating profit | -£22,529,220 | -£29,293,726 | |
| Profit before tax | -£25,095,021 | -£33,592,500 | |
| Net profit | -£24,682,337 | -£33,592,500 | |
| Cash | £2,592,886 | £3,589,654 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,761,552 | -£25,570,645 | |
| Net assets | -£24,733,598 | -£58,326,098 | |
| Equity | -£24,733,598 | -£58,326,098 | |
| Average employees | 181 | 179 | |
| Wages | £16,290,755 | £16,762,183 |
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 | -102.6% | -182.8% | |
| Net margin | -112.4% | -209.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -391.0% | 114.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 130.1% | 178.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.58x | 0.37x | |
| Interest cover | -8.63x | -6.68x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The need for additional financing represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern in the long-term.”
Significant events
- “The Winter 2024 runway show was one of the Brand's most impactful to date, led by an activist manifesto and message inspired by an archival tank top worn by Stella in 1999.”
- “The Brand launched its new vegan Ryder bag in November 2024; a commercial and editorial success.”
- “Stella McCartney was honoured with PETA's Person of the Year award for 2024, and was named on The Independent Climate 100 List 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUFMAN, Pamela Owyn | Director | 2022-09-16 | Aug 1963 | American |
| MCCARTNEY, Stella Nina | Director | 2001-04-06 | Sep 1971 | British,American |
| NEWMAN, Helen | Director | 2002-07-29 | Oct 1954 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEUSS, James Cole | Secretary | 2001-04-06 | 2001-05-24 |
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-04-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2001-04-06 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-24 | 2004-04-02 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2001-02-28 |
| BABEAU, Alexis | Director | 2004-07-23 | 2014-05-31 |
| BIZZARRI, Marco | Director | 2014-06-10 | 2015-10-19 |
| DE SOLE, Domenico | Director | 2001-04-11 | 2004-05-01 |
| FRIOCOURT, Michel François | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2016-09-23 |
| LOEBSACK-THOUVENIN, Grita | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2016-09-23 |
| MCARTHUR, James | Director | 2001-04-11 | 2007-05-11 |
| PALUS, Jean-Francois Edmond Robert | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2019-07-15 |
| PINAULT, François Jean Henri | Director | 2011-06-27 | 2019-07-15 |
| POLET, Robert | Director | 2004-07-23 | 2011-02-16 |
| SANDRIN, Eric | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2019-07-15 |
| SEUSS, James Cole | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2005-10-01 |
| SINGER, Robert Steven | Director | 2001-04-11 | 2004-05-01 |
| SOLOMON, Cheryl Ann | Director | 2007-06-07 | 2011-06-24 |
| WILLIS, Alasdhair James Stewart | Director | 2005-10-02 | 2022-09-16 |
| PEREGRINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-02-28 | 2001-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anin Star Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-07-15 | Active |
| Ms Stella Nina Mccartney | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-02 |
| Kering Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-27%
£21,958,354 £16,026,647
-
Cash
+38.4%
£2,592,886 £3,589,654
-
Net assets
-135.8%
-£24,733,598 -£58,326,098
-
Employees
-1.1%
181 179
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Operating profit
-30%
-£22,529,220 -£29,293,726
-
Profit before tax
-33.9%
-£25,095,021 -£33,592,500
-
Wages
+2.9%
£16,290,755 £16,762,183
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