SMIGGLE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-07-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+2.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+19.4% vs 2023
Employees
936
+1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-8.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-29 | 2024-07-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,442,000 | £53,201,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,030,000 | £2,897,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,768,000 | £2,536,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,334,000 | £1,902,000 | |
| Cash | £12,764,000 | £13,127,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,319,000 | £21,475,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,791,000 | £11,693,000 | |
| Equity | £9,791,000 | £11,693,000 | |
| Average employees | 921 | 936 | |
| Wages | £8,568,000 | £9,039,000 |
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 | 2023-07-29 | 2024-07-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.5% | 13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.1% | 72.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 11.56x | 8.02x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared a cash flow forecast for a period until 30 January 2027 to support the going concern assumption. ... there remains sufficient cash flows to support the Company in meeting its liabilities as a when they fall due for a period until 30 January 2027. The directors are of the opinion that the going concern assumption is appropriate in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SMIGGLE UK LIMITED · parent
- Smiggle Ireland Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The Company has permanently closed five stores and opened one new store in the period since balance sheet date.”
- “On 13 September 2024, Mr John Robert Cheston resigned from his role as Director of Smiggle UK Limited effective 13 September 2024.”
- “On 25 January 2025, Smiggle UK Limited's ultimate parent company, Premier Investments Limited successfully completed the sale of Just Group Limited and its Apparel Brands business to Myer Holdings Limited.”
- “On 24 February 2025, the immediate holding company had changed it's name to Smiggle UK International Limited. The company was formerly known as Just UK International Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYCE, John Stewart | Secretary | 2016-06-21 | — | — |
| BRYCE, John Stewart | Director | 2016-12-21 | Nov 1971 | Australian |
| MIDDELDORF, Mark Lee | Director | 2021-08-14 | Sep 1972 | Australian |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Ashley John | Secretary | 2010-10-27 | 2016-02-23 |
| PAYNE, Janice | Secretary | 2008-10-10 | 2010-10-27 |
| PECK, Nicole Maree | Secretary | 2016-02-23 | 2016-06-23 |
| 7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-05-15 | 2014-05-23 |
| CHESTON, John Robert | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2024-09-13 |
| GARDNER, Ashley John | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2016-02-23 |
| GARNSEY, Colette Mary | Director | 2012-10-17 | 2017-08-07 |
| KELLY, Rachel | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2013-04-12 |
| MCINNES, Mark | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2021-08-14 |
| MURRAY, Jason Adam | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2011-03-25 |
| MURRAY, Richard Lindsay | Director | 2022-02-24 | 2023-08-21 |
| PECK, Nicole Maree | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2016-06-23 |
| SHEARER, Glenys Joy | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2010-11-22 |
| TANG, Wai Foon | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2009-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiggle Uk International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-07-27 vs 2023-07-29
-
Turnover
-7.4%
£57,442,000 £53,201,000
-
Cash
+2.8%
£12,764,000 £13,127,000
-
Net assets
+19.4%
£9,791,000 £11,693,000
-
Employees
+1.6%
921 936
-
Operating profit
-4.4%
£3,030,000 £2,897,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.4%
£2,768,000 £2,536,000
-
Wages
+5.5%
£8,568,000 £9,039,000
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