HARDING RETAIL IHC LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-05 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£43M
+563.2% vs 2022
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2023-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-30 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£15,731,147 | £11,901,917 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | -£9,221,402 | £42,715,636 | |
| Equity | £6,509,745 | -£9,221,402 | £42,715,636 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Groups performance during the financial year, and its forecasts for 2025 and 2026 indicate strong profitability and cash generation, alongside a renegotiated loan facility, expiring on 31st January 2027. The loan facility has a capacity of £70m, although the amount the Group can borrow is based on available collateral of stock and debtors.”
Group structure
- HARDING RETAIL IHC LTD · parent
- Harding Brothers Holdings Limited 100%
- Harding Brothers Retail Limited 100%
- Harding Brothers Retail Operations Limited 100%
- Harding Brothers Inc 100%
- Harding Brothers Australia PTY Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group began operations on four new ships and exited operations on six existing ships.”
- “Subsequent to year end, the loan facility was renegotiated, with an expiry date of 31st January 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUPE, Michael Andrew | Director | 2021-07-15 | Sep 1960 | British |
| LUSCOMBE, Simon Burgoyne | Director | 2025-05-09 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Christian John | Director | 2023-10-16 | Jun 1972 | British |
| POURCHET, Alexis Olivier Arnaud | Director | 2020-10-05 | Jul 1979 | French |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHUJA, Atul Vini | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2020-10-05 |
| BERNASCONI, Carlo | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2020-10-05 |
| CALVERLEY, Duncan James | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2022-06-19 |
| CHOODANAMI, Ayyaswamy | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2020-10-05 |
| HARDING, Neil Graham | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2025-02-17 |
| PRESCOTT, James Keir | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2023-10-13 |
| SHOWALTER, William John | Director | 2023-10-16 | 2025-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flemingo International Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-23 | Ceased 2020-10-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-17 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation subdivision | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-04 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation subdivision | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+563.2%
-£9,221,402 £42,715,636
-
Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers