GIFT UNIVERSE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-17 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-31.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-2.9% vs 2024
Employees
612
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-38% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GIFT UNIVERSE GROUP LIMITED 2016-03-24 → present
- MENKIND GROUP LIMITED 2009-03-30 → 2016-03-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £64,335,374 | £67,492,224 | |
| Operating profit | £4,897,224 | £3,327,695 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,203,027 | £2,606,364 | |
| Net profit | £2,881,267 | £1,600,470 | |
| Cash | £6,052,422 | £4,158,163 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,463,358 | £7,552,327 | |
| Net assets | £7,411,626 | £7,197,209 | |
| Equity | £7,411,626 | £7,197,209 | |
| Average employees | 605 | 612 | |
| Wages | £9,228,787 | £10,176,006 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.6% | 44.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.0% | 67.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 7.05x | 4.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- GIFT UNIVERSE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Menkind Seasonal Limited 100%
- Gadget Grotto Limited 100%
- Gift Universe Limited 100%
- Gift Universe (Wholesale) Limited 100%
- Gift Universe Management Limited 100%
- Menkind Limited 100%
- Menkind Properties UK Limited 100%
- Red 5 (Retail) Limited 100%
- The Source Wholesale Limited 100%
- Treat Factory Limited 100%
- Menkind Group Limited 100%
- Menkind Retail Limited 100%
- Menkind Stores Limited 100%
- Red 5 Limited 100%
- Menkind Digital Limited 100%
- The Source B.V. 100%
- The Source Inc 100%
- Prezzybox.com Limited 100%
- Lost Universe Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The year saw strong progress in reshaping The Source, our B2B channel, for long-term growth. The Group successfully launched with a number of new blue-chip drop ship partners, with sales increasing by an impressive 26% year-on-year. Traditional wholesale was lower, reflecting a planned shift by key retail partners towards the drop-ship-first model, together with the conscious winding down of our non-profitable overseas operations. This repositioning influenced the overall B2B result, which finished 4.5% down like-for-like in sales, but lays the foundations for a more efficient and scalable B2B model going forward.”
- “Following a strategic review, the Board has resolved to refocus resources on the UK core business, Menkind retail stores, e-commerce, drop ship, and wholesale distribution through The Source, where the Group enjoys strong brand equity, established customer loyalty and higher returns. Investment will therefore be redirected away from standalone Prezzybox stores whilst international wholesale business, primarily in Europe, will be supported by the UK operation.”
- “The Company's employee ownership trust (EOT) has acquired shares in the Company and holds them in a trust for employees. In 2025, £1,815,280 (2024: £5,964,114) was gifted to the EOT from the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUEST, Stacy Anne | Director | 2022-12-01 | Sep 1979 | British |
| HEIGHT, Katie Louise | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1984 | British |
| KRAFTMAN, Paul Richard | Director | 2009-03-30 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WAKEMAN, Gary | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CETC (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-03-30 | 2009-03-30 |
| BENNETT, Harvey James | Director | 2024-08-22 | 2025-01-17 |
| CORNER, Vincent Irvine | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2022-11-23 |
| HOLLINS, Philip Martin | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2009-03-30 |
| MARTIN, Peter | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2022-11-23 |
| WEEKS, Chris | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-07-19 |
| CITY EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-03-30 | 2009-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gift Universe Group Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-16 | Active |
| Mr Paul Richard Kraftman | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-16 |
| Mr Gerald Kraftman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.9%
£64,335,374 £67,492,224
-
Cash
-31.3%
£6,052,422 £4,158,163
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£7,411,626 £7,197,209
-
Employees
+1.2%
605 612
-
Operating profit
-32%
£4,897,224 £3,327,695
-
Profit before tax
-38%
£4,203,027 £2,606,364
-
Wages
+10.3%
£9,228,787 £10,176,006
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