KDC/ONE SWALLOWFIELD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-06 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-37.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+13.6% vs 2023
Employees
695
-8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+116.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts which indicate that the Company will require further support from its ultimate parent company in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due within 12 months from approval of these financial statements. This is due to a significant capital investment programme being implemented to support future growth of the company. The directors have obtained confirmation from KDC/ONE Development Corporation Inc. of their intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KDC/ONE SWALLOWFIELD LIMITED 2019-08-27 → present
- CURZON SUPPLIES LIMITED 2019-03-28 → 2019-08-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £69,977,000 | £67,812,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,476,000 | £1,285,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,680,000 | £1,108,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,075,000 | £1,699,000 | |
| Cash | £4,813,000 | £3,015,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,575,000 | £20,045,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,626,000 | £15,473,000 | |
| Equity | £13,626,000 | £15,473,000 | |
| Average employees | 761 | 695 | |
| Wages | £14,992,000 | £15,167,000 |
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | -7.3% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -34.9% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.4% | 74.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | -38.78x | 7.26x |
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
- UK adopted IAS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts which indicate that the Company will require further support from its ultimate parent company in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due within 12 months from approval of these financial statements. This is due to a significant capital investment programme being implemented to support future growth of the company. The directors have obtained confirmation from KDC/ONE Development Corporation Inc. of their intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company.”
Group structure
- KDC/ONE SWALLOWFIELD LIMITED · parent
- Swallowfield Consumer Products Limited 1%
- Swallowfield S.A.R.L 1%
- Swallowfield Inc. 1%
- Swallowfield s.r.o 1%
- Shanghai Paristy Daily Chemical CO., Ltd 1%
- Mei Shual Cosmetics CO. PTE Ltd 1%
- KDC-Swallowfield Cosmetics (Shanghai) Co Ltd. 1%
Significant events
- “Exceptional income of £7.2m was recognised in the year after finalising a compensation agreement for an enforced relocation of the Chinese subsidiary.”
- “Exceptional litigation costs were incurred in the year in order to settle a legal dispute.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED, Natalie Susanne | Director | 2022-03-31 | Jul 1965 | American |
| WHITLEY, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2022-07-29 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Jane | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2026-03-27 |
| GAZZARD, Matthew | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2022-07-29 |
| KAM, Gregg | Director | 2019-08-23 | 2022-03-31 |
| PERMAN, Timothy James | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2019-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton Development Corporation Inc, | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-08-23 | Ceased 2019-08-23 |
| Henry Cornell | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-08-23 | Active |
| Swallowfield Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-28 | Ceased 2019-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-04-30 vs 2023-04-30
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Turnover
-3.1%
£69,977,000 £67,812,000
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Cash
-37.4%
£4,813,000 £3,015,000
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Net assets
+13.6%
£13,626,000 £15,473,000
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Employees
-8.7%
761 695
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Operating profit
+119.8%
-£6,476,000 £1,285,000
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Profit before tax
+116.6%
-£6,680,000 £1,108,000
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Wages
+1.2%
£14,992,000 £15,167,000
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