HARDING BROTHERS RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+1,233.8% vs 2022
Net assets
-£9M
+12.4% vs 2022
Employees
200
+32.5% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£20M
-52% vs 2022
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2023-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-30 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £189,872,397 | £296,145,361 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£13,131,918 | -£19,962,568 | |
| Net profit | — | -£20,186,243 | -£19,962,568 | |
| Cash | — | £241,940 | £3,226,956 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | -£10,358,874 | -£9,071,442 | |
| Equity | -£1,922,631 | -£10,358,874 | -£9,071,442 | |
| Average employees | — | 151 | 200 | |
| Wages | — | £6,737,361 | £9,207,961 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-30 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | -10.6% | -6.7% |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's performance during the financial year, and its forecasts for 2025 and 2026 indicate strong profitability and cash generation, alongside a renegotiated loan facility, expiring on 31st January 2027. The loan facility has a capacity of £70m, although the amount the Company can borrow is based on available collateral of stock and debtors. The directors have performed financial modelling on projected cashflows for the going concern period to December 2026. As part of the Company's going concern assessment, it has considered both the facility cap and the forecast collateral available. These forecasted cash flows indicate that there remains sufficient headroom for the Company to operate within its existing financing facilities, and to comply with all relevant banking covenants during the forecast period. The Company's forecasts indicate it will be both profitable and cash generative in the going concern period, even when considering sensitivities of plausible downside scenarios.”
Significant events
- “during the second half of 2023, the Company successfully renegotiated its cost base with key suppliers and cruise lines and 2024 demonstrates the full annual impact of this.”
- “During the year, the Company began operations on four new ships and exited operations on six existing ships.”
- “Subsequent to year end, the loan facility was renegotiated, maintaining the funding cap at £70m, with an expiry date of 31 January 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUPE, Michael Andrew | Director | 2021-07-15 | Sep 1960 | British |
| LUSCOMBE, Simon Burgoyne | Director | 2025-05-09 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Christian John | Director | 2023-10-16 | Jun 1972 | British |
| POURCHET, Alexis Olivier Arnaud | Director | 2020-10-05 | Jul 1979 | French |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDMONDS, Robert Neil | Secretary | 2007-02-23 | 2017-03-24 |
| ANTRUM, Richard Fisher, Dr | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2016-09-16 |
| BERNASCONI, Carlo | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2020-10-05 |
| BIRNIE, Mark | Director | 2009-04-02 | 2020-10-05 |
| CALVERLEY, Duncan James | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2022-06-19 |
| CHOODAMANI, Ayyaswamy | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2020-10-05 |
| EDMONDS, Robert Neil | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2017-03-24 |
| GIBSON, John Michael Barry | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2015-10-28 |
| GITTELMON, Harold | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2016-10-05 |
| HARDING, Neil Graham | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2025-02-17 |
| KHETAN, Deepak | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2020-06-21 |
| MOORE, Trevor Ernest | Director | 2009-04-02 | 2013-11-14 |
| PRESCOTT, James Keir | Director | 2014-12-22 | 2023-10-13 |
| SHOWALTER, William John | Director | 2023-10-16 | 2025-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Brothers Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-30
-
Turnover
+56%
£189,872,397 £296,145,361
-
Cash
+1,233.8%
£241,940 £3,226,956
-
Net assets
+12.4%
-£10,358,874 -£9,071,442
-
Employees
+32.5%
151 200
-
Profit before tax
-52%
-£13,131,918 -£19,962,568
-
Wages
+36.7%
£6,737,361 £9,207,961
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers