LIBERTY ZETA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-01
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-24% vs 2024
Net assets
£104M
+7.8% vs 2024
Employees
695
-0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+247.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £181,762,000 | £182,424,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,344,000 | £19,094,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,405,000 | £3,553,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,516,000 | £3,040,000 | |
| Cash | £11,569,000 | £8,797,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £244,593,000 | £166,577,000 | |
| Net assets | £96,483,000 | £104,019,000 | |
| Equity | £96,483,000 | £104,019,000 | |
| Average employees | 697 | 695 | |
| Wages | £27,017,000 | £27,097,000 |
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 | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.8% | 64.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | 0.75x | 1.23x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that having reviewed the Group and Parent Company cash requirements for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, they have a reasonable expectation that the Group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet their liabilities as and when they fall due.”
Group structure
- LIBERTY ZETA LIMITED · parent
- Liberty Theta Limited 100%
- Liberty Kappa Limited 100%
- Liberty Alpha Limited 100%
- Liberty Gamma Holdings Limited 100%
- Liberty Limited 100%
- Liberty Retail Limited 100%
- Liberty Fabric Limited 100%
- Liberty Investment Limited 100%
- Liberty Japan Co. Limited 100%
- Liberty Fabrics Limited 100%
- Liberty Comercio e Industria de Tecidos Ltd 100%
- Liberty (Shanghai) Trading Co. Limited 100%
- Liberty of London Limited 100%
- Stamperia Olonia SRL 100%
- Frame Due SRL 100%
- Liberty Fabric Services Italy 100%
- Liberty Hong Kong Asia Pacific Limited 100%
- Liberty Fabric Sales Limited 100%
- Liberty Lease Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2023, Liberty Limited and its parent company Liberty Zeta Limited initiated an active program to locate a buyer for its subsidiary C W Headdress Limited, which was previously presented in the Group's Retail segment... On 1 October 2024, management sold Christy's share capital by way of a share purchase agreement...”
- “In July 2025, a full refinancing was completed. The refinancing supports the group's long-term strategic plan approved by the board and aligns with the company's target leverage profile and capital structure objectives. The new debt facilities comprise: £78.5m Unitranche term loan facility, EUR 14.4m super senior term loan facility, £10.0m General Export Facility, £17.5m committed revolving credit facility, £15.0m committed acquisition facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBABTAIN, Abdul Wahab Saud | Director | 2013-12-06 | Jun 1945 | Saudi Arabian |
| ANATRIELLO, Marco | Director | 2013-10-16 | Sep 1981 | Italian |
| CAPELLO, Marco | Director | 2013-10-16 | Aug 1960 | Italian |
| CHEUNG, Chi Chung | Director | 2019-07-19 | Aug 1977 | British |
| DI SPIEZIO SARDO, Emilio | Director | 2013-10-16 | Mar 1977 | Italian |
| MEHBOOB-KHAN, Adil | Director | 2018-01-19 | Jan 1964 | British |
| PREGNOLATO, Alex | Director | 2026-02-06 | Dec 1973 | Italian |
| SARACCHI, Massimo | Director | 2018-01-19 | Dec 1957 | Italian |
| THOMAS, Graham Daniel Medley | Director | 2024-06-17 | Jun 1967 | British,South African |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMMINS, Gail | Secretary | 2015-12-10 | 2016-09-07 |
| BURSTELL, Edwin | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-10-31 |
| GRAY, Gary George | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2013-10-16 |
| HALSALL, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2018-01-19 |
| LETTA, Enrico | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2021-03-14 |
| PIRZIO-BIROLI, Carlo, Mr. | Director | 2019-07-19 | 2024-06-17 |
| SRIVASTAVA, Vishesh Nath | Director | 2013-10-16 | 2018-01-19 |
| UNSWORTH, Robert | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2026-02-06 |
| BURNESS PAULL (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-10-15 | 2013-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendower Capital, Llp | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2019-07-19 | Active |
| Bluegem Ii Gp Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-26 | Ceased 2019-07-19 |
| Bluegem Ii General Partner Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-26 |
| Bluegem Ii (Initial) General Partner Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 5
- 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 2025-02-01 vs 2024-02-03
-
Turnover
+0.4%
£181,762,000 £182,424,000
-
Cash
-24%
£11,569,000 £8,797,000
-
Net assets
+7.8%
£96,483,000 £104,019,000
-
Employees
-0.3%
697 695
-
Operating profit
+84.6%
£10,344,000 £19,094,000
-
Profit before tax
+247.7%
-£2,405,000 £3,553,000
-
Wages
+0.3%
£27,017,000 £27,097,000
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