LA PRAIRIE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+199.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£6M
-34.3% vs 2023
Employees
75
-17.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+25.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the continued support from its group entity and the successful implementation of the strategic initiatives described on Note 2, which are aimed at improving its financial position and achieving sustained profitability. These conditions, along with other matters presented in the note indicate the existence of material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LA PRAIRIE (UK) LIMITED 2011-10-11 → present
- DE FACTO 1906 LIMITED 2011-08-24 → 2011-10-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,332,000 | £6,363,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,733,000 | -£1,874,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,980,000 | -£2,209,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,992,000 | -£1,406,000 | |
| Cash | £381,000 | £1,142,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,731,000 | £3,332,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,099,000 | -£5,505,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,099,000 | -£5,505,000 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 75 | |
| Wages | £3,541,000 | £3,362,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -43.2% | -29.5% | |
| Net margin | -47.3% | -22.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -100.1% | -56.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | -11.06x | -5.59x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the continued support from its group entity and the successful implementation of the strategic initiatives described on Note 2, which are aimed at improving its financial position and achieving sustained profitability. These conditions, along with other matters presented in the note indicate the existence of material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The company utilised a group credit facility during 2024 to support operating cash flow requirements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELMORES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-08-31 | — | — |
| IRVINE, Darren | Director | 2024-06-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| LÉTANG, Estelle Marie Anne | Director | 2024-04-01 | Oct 1976 | French |
| SUVOROVA, Ekaterina | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1993 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREWAL, Manpreet Singh | Secretary | 2019-05-31 | 2021-07-02 |
| MCKINNEY, Craig Hunter | Secretary | 2011-10-11 | 2019-05-31 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-08-24 | 2011-10-11 |
| BRACKEN, Ruth | Director | 2011-08-24 | 2011-10-11 |
| DESPAX, Phillipe | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2020-10-16 |
| DOUDARD, Alexandra | Director | 2021-12-03 | 2024-03-31 |
| FERNANDEZ ORUE, Begona Mercedes | Director | 2022-04-02 | 2025-07-01 |
| FOX, Paul Arthur Ian | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2014-09-12 |
| LAMY, Philippe Jean-Pierre | Director | 2022-04-02 | 2023-09-29 |
| MINKOVIC, Vitalij | Director | 2023-10-29 | 2024-04-01 |
| RASQUINET, Patrick Nicolas Edouard Jacques | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2022-04-02 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-08-24 | 2011-10-11 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-08-24 | 2011-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prairie Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-13 | 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
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+0.5%
£6,332,000 £6,363,000
-
Cash
+199.7%
£381,000 £1,142,000
-
Net assets
-34.3%
-£4,099,000 -£5,505,000
-
Employees
-17.6%
91 75
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Operating profit
+31.4%
-£2,733,000 -£1,874,000
-
Profit before tax
+25.9%
-£2,980,000 -£2,209,000
-
Wages
-5.1%
£3,541,000 £3,362,000
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