PILLBOX38 (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-06 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+6.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-1.8% vs 2024
Employees
422
+13.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£14M
+0.7% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £13,772,474 | £13,873,367 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £10,450,864 | £10,337,642 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £8,739,051 | £9,281,746 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £23,199,147 | £22,722,464 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £22,963,263 | £22,550,905 | |
| Equity | £5,520,067 | £7,389,649 | £7,033,066 | £10,369,287 | £17,862,399 | £22,963,263 | £22,550,905 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 372 | 422 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £9,290,148 | £10,497,464 |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties affecting the company and consider that the company will have sufficient resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. As a result the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The simplicity of single use products attracted a significant number of new adult vapers into the category, and our business, allowing a new cohort of smokers to transition to a significantly reduced harm product.”
- “The anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) released the results of their latest survey indicating that there are 5.5m vapers in 2025, a marginal decrease from 2024, with prevalence at 10.4%.”
- “Ban on single use vapes effective from 1 June 2025”
- “The Tobacco and Vapes Bill currently passing through parliament with Royal Assent expected in early 2026”
- “Vaping Products Duty will be implemented from 1 October 2026 at £2.20 per ml of eliquid”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU, Chao, Mr. | Director | 2025-05-31 | Jun 1984 | Hong Konger |
| SAXTON, Marcus John | Director | 2019-05-24 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Kathryn Michelle | Secretary | 2008-12-31 | 2014-09-03 |
| CROPPER, Fraser Brunel Nicholas | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| CROPPER, Jason Miles | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2013-06-27 |
| ROGERS, Kathryn Michelle | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2014-09-03 |
| WELCH, Katherine Lara | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2010-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totally Wicked Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+6.2%
£8,739,051 £9,281,746
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£22,963,263 £22,550,905
-
Employees
+13.4%
372 422
-
Profit before tax
+0.7%
£13,772,474 £13,873,367
-
Wages
+13%
£9,290,148 £10,497,464
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