WILTON BRADLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED

1. WILTON BRADLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2015-03-27 → present
2. W BRADLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2015-03-06 → 2015-03-27

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PKF Francis Clark

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have reviewed budgets and cash flow forecasts and are satisfied that, based on the information available to date, the group is able to operate within available resources for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation.”

Group structure

1. WILTON BRADLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
   1. Wilton Bradley Limited 100% · sale of consumer leisure goods
   2. This Is It Stores Limited 100% · sale of consumer leisure goods
   3. Wilton Bradley (Hong Kong) Limited 100% · Hong Kong · sale of consumer leisure goods
   4. Wilton Bradley Europe B.V. 100% · The Netherlands · dormant

Significant events

• “Although the weather during the summer months was again mixed, it was a significant improvement on 2023, and this was reflected in the trading performance with UK sales up over 23% in Q3 compared to the prior year.”
• “In Q4, the business focused on increasing sales outside of the peak summer period by running a media campaign for Xootz wheeled toys to promote brand awareness ahead of the Christmas sales peak, and by increasing the product range in the Christow brand. This boosted trading significantly with overall group sales up more than 21% year on year.”
• “During the year, the business made a strategic change in respect of sales direct to consumers. This now represents 67% of the annual group sales (2023: 54%).”
• “As a result of the targeted stock reductions and strong working capital management, overhead costs have reduced, with savings in external warehouse storage and bank interest, together with headcount reductions resulting from efficiency savings through automation and process improvements underpinned by the successful implementation of Oracle NetSuite in February 2023.”
• “Having addressed and dealt with the legacy issues of overstocking and excessive shipping costs which have severely impacted trading in the recent years, the business ends the year with a good base on which it can build on the trading successes of 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.7%

  £55,994,319 → £57,501,482

• Cash

  +46.9%

  £3,100,852 → £4,555,232

• Net assets

  -0.2%

  £23,789,494 → £23,737,372

• Employees

  -8.1%

  222 → 204

• Operating profit

  +136.5%

  -£3,238,611 → £1,182,959

• Profit before tax

  +121.6%

  -£3,942,076 → £851,517

• Wages

  -1.3%

  £8,062,281 → £7,954,926

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