KANDYTOYS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£369K
-3.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+1.2% vs 2023
Employees
79
-4.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£308K
-80.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,911,575 | £24,426,726 | |
| Operating profit | £2,082,016 | £838,486 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,555,962 | £308,193 | |
| Net profit | £1,154,962 | £178,498 | |
| Cash | £381,706 | £368,929 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,315,784 | £22,610,254 | |
| Net assets | £22,124,784 | £22,397,254 | |
| Equity | £22,124,784 | £22,397,254 | |
| Average employees | 83 | 79 | |
| Wages | £3,549,527 | £3,164,906 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.88x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | 3.95x | 1.58x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- KANDYTOYS LIMITED · parent
- Planet Direct Limited 100%
- KandyToys (Europe) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Mark | Secretary | 2023-08-04 | — | — |
| BERRY, Philip | Director | 2023-08-04 | Oct 1980 | British |
| BESWICK, Gary Mark | Director | 2016-12-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
| CARNELL, James | Director | 2021-12-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| HALL, Mark | Director | 2016-12-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| HOOKWAY, Mark David | Director | 2016-12-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MARTIN, Frederick | Director | 2016-12-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| SMITH, Peter | Director | 2021-12-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKBY, David Kemp | Secretary | 2010-09-20 | 2021-09-27 |
| WEST, Clare Monica | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2021-09-27 |
| KIRKBY, David Kemp | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2021-09-27 |
| WEST, Andrew Stephen Land | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2014-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kandytoys Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-13 | Active |
| Mr David Kemp Kirkby | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2021-09-27 |
| Mr Frederick James Martin | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
| Mr Gary Mark Beswick | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
| Mr Mark Hall | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
| Mr Mark David Hookway | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
| Mr David Kemp Kirkby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
| Mrs Clare Monica West | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-21%
£30,911,575 £24,426,726
-
Cash
-3.3%
£381,706 £368,929
-
Net assets
+1.2%
£22,124,784 £22,397,254
-
Employees
-4.8%
83 79
-
Operating profit
-59.7%
£2,082,016 £838,486
-
Profit before tax
-80.2%
£1,555,962 £308,193
-
Wages
-10.8%
£3,549,527 £3,164,906
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