BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-01
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-49.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£902K
+401.1% vs 2024
Employees
707
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£880K
-91.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP UK LIMITED 2017-03-04 → present
- AMSBRA LIMITED 2003-02-11 → 2017-03-04
- BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP LIMITED 2002-09-17 → 2003-02-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,139,000 | £47,070,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,115,000 | £819,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,883,000 | £880,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,032,000 | £722,000 | |
| Cash | £5,096,000 | £2,558,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,437,000 | £2,404,000 | |
| Net assets | £180,000 | £902,000 | |
| Equity | £180,000 | £902,000 | |
| Average employees | 700 | 707 | |
| Wages | £7,006,000 | £7,953,000 |
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 | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 20.0% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 147.2% | 34.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.1% | 95.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.93x |
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
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these account as the company's ultimate parent, Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., has provided a letter of support to ensure the company is able to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due for a period to 30 January 2027.”
Significant events
- “In 2024 the company opened two stores and closed one store.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TODOROVIC, Voin | Secretary | 2014-11-12 | — | — |
| JOHN, Sharon | Director | 2014-10-27 | Jan 1964 | American |
| TODOROVIC, Voin | Director | 2014-10-27 | Dec 1974 | Serbian |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHE, David Rupert Armstrong | Secretary | 2002-09-17 | 2006-04-02 |
| KLOCKE, Tina | Secretary | 2006-04-02 | 2014-11-12 |
| ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-17 | 2002-09-17 |
| ASHE, David Rupert Armstrong | Director | 2002-09-17 | 2006-04-02 |
| BEDFORD, Steven William | Director | 2002-09-17 | 2006-04-02 |
| CLARK, Maxine Sandra | Director | 2006-04-02 | 2014-10-27 |
| ERDOS, Barry | Director | 2006-04-02 | 2007-01-05 |
| FENCL, Eric | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2025-09-23 |
| FRENCH, Nigel | Director | 2003-08-18 | 2006-04-02 |
| KLOCKE, Tina | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2014-10-27 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Hugh | Director | 2002-09-17 | 2006-04-02 |
| PARRY, Roger James | Director | 2006-10-11 | 2007-07-23 |
| PICKERS, Gregory John | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2008-04-30 |
| SEAY, Robert Scott | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2008-12-12 |
| ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-17 | 2002-09-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eric Fencl | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-23 |
| Mr Voin Todorovic | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Sharon John | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company | |
| 2025-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-01 vs 2024-02-03
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Turnover
+4.3%
£45,139,000 £47,070,000
-
Cash
-49.8%
£5,096,000 £2,558,000
-
Net assets
+401.1%
£180,000 £902,000
-
Employees
+1%
700 707
-
Operating profit
-61.3%
£2,115,000 £819,000
-
Profit before tax
-91.1%
£9,883,000 £880,000
-
Wages
+13.5%
£7,006,000 £7,953,000
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