STAR BRANDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-25
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+226.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
+78.6% vs 2023
Employees
237
-12.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
+95.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- STAR BRANDS LIMITED 2009-05-22 → present
- WIZZ PRODUCTS LIMITED 2001-06-05 → 2009-05-22
- MULTIBULK LIMITED 2001-03-19 → 2001-06-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £93,505,969 | £109,496,772 | |
| Operating profit | £8,863,119 | £17,048,991 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,827,222 | £17,224,581 | |
| Net profit | £6,751,230 | £12,692,024 | |
| Cash | £2,365,248 | £7,730,522 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,317,353 | £28,880,733 | |
| Net assets | £16,150,756 | £28,842,780 | |
| Equity | £16,150,756 | £28,842,780 | |
| Average employees | 272 | 237 | |
| Wages | £7,853,217 | £9,080,066 |
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 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 15.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.2% | 59.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 246.90x | 161.10x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- STAR BRANDS LIMITED · parent
- Star Brands Direct Limited 100%
- Star Brands USA Inc. 100%
- Star Brands Manufacturing Ltd 100%
- Star Brands Partnership Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the Star Brands Group took the decision to repay all the outstanding loan notes to its members.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE BACKER, Hilde Maria Eleonora | Director | 2025-12-18 | Apr 1969 | Belgian |
| KAVANAGH, John Patrick | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jan 1964 | American |
| KISTLER, Jeffrey Wayne | Director | 2025-04-30 | Dec 1972 | American |
| LOWDON, Thomas James | Director | 2025-04-30 | Dec 1983 | British |
| NORTH, Timothy Michael Holbrook | Director | 2019-07-10 | Oct 1965 | British |
| NYGAARD PADE, Henrik | Director | 2019-07-10 | Sep 1962 | Danish,British |
| THOMAS, Gavin Stuart | Director | 2019-07-10 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESCOTT, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2001-06-01 | 2004-07-30 |
| GRAEME, Dorothy May | Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2001-06-01 |
| MANN, Hayley | Secretary | 2004-07-30 | 2008-03-26 |
| SIDDALL, Diane Margaret | Secretary | 2009-07-30 | 2019-07-10 |
| WOMERSLEY, Robin Neil | Secretary | 2008-03-26 | 2009-07-30 |
| ESCOTT, Michael Anthony | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2004-07-30 |
| GRAEME, Lesley Joyce | Nominee Director | 2001-03-19 | 2001-06-01 |
| MANN, David Jonathan | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2014-12-04 |
| ROBERTSHAW, Tim | Director | 2009-07-30 | 2018-06-22 |
| SIDDALL, Philip Graham | Director | 2009-07-30 | 2019-07-10 |
| SPAULDING, William Lee | Director | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Brands Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-08-25 vs 2023-08-27
-
Turnover
+17.1%
£93,505,969 £109,496,772
-
Cash
+226.8%
£2,365,248 £7,730,522
-
Net assets
+78.6%
£16,150,756 £28,842,780
-
Employees
-12.9%
272 237
-
Operating profit
+92.4%
£8,863,119 £17,048,991
-
Profit before tax
+95.1%
£8,827,222 £17,224,581
-
Wages
+15.6%
£7,853,217 £9,080,066
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