PARK RETAIL LIMITED
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Cash
£47m
+987.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£75m
+20.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
246
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£17m
+57% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-16.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £100,869,000 | £112,056,000 | £120,845,000 | +7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £10,706,000 | £11,120,000 | £17,290,000 | +55.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,456,000 | £10,908,000 | £17,123,000 | +57% | |
| Net profit | £7,829,000 | £7,857,000 | £12,874,000 | +63.9% | |
| Cash | £27,897,000 | £4,365,000 | £47,476,000 | +987.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £60,782,000 | £66,499,000 | £78,659,000 | +18.3% | |
| Net assets | £56,949,000 | £61,806,000 | £74,680,000 | +20.8% | |
| Equity | £56,949,000 | £61,806,000 | £74,680,000 | +20.8% | |
| Average employees | 270 | 260 | 246 | -5.4% | |
| Wages | £12,829,000 | £12,271,000 | £12,259,000 | -0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £678,000 | £476,000 | £489,000 | +2.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £23,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £427,000 | £344,000 | £348,000 | +1.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 9.9% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 7.0% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.6% | 16.7% | 22.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.4% | 64.4% | 62.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.51x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 42.82x | 52.45x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- PARK RETAIL LIMITED 2004-11-09 → present
- PARK FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 1999-01-21 → 2004-11-09
- PARK FOOD SERVICES LTD. 1988-05-05 → 1999-01-21
- PARK HAMPER COMPANY LIMITED 1987-03-24 → 1988-05-05
- KUS LIMITED 1945-12-17 → 1987-03-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. At 31 March 2026, the Company had cash at bank and in hand of £47,476k (2025: £4,365k). The Company has a resilient statement of financial position, with net assets of £74,680k”
Group structure
- PARK RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- Brightdot Limited 100%
- MaximB2B Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Brightdot Limited was dissolved on 12 May 2026. MaximB2B Limited was dissolved on 23 June 2026.”
- “The migration to a new e-commerce platform was completed, phasing out highstreetvouchers.com and harmonising the Love2shop brand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-25 | — | — |
| COGHLAN, Julian Graham | Director | 2023-01-09 | Sep 1969 | British |
| HARDING, David Robert | Director | 2024-04-26 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFITHS, Gareth Vaughan | Secretary | 2021-03-05 | 2022-11-15 |
| MCLELLAND, Brian | Secretary | 2023-06-19 | 2023-12-29 |
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-15 | 2023-06-19 |
| PARK GROUP SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | — | 2021-03-05 |
| AHMED, Talha | Director | 2023-02-27 | 2024-04-10 |
| ALEXANDER, Neil | Director | 1998-10-30 | 2001-09-25 |
| CHAPMAN, William Terence | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| CLANCY, Timothy Patrick | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2022-07-31 |
| CRAWSHAW, Martin | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1998-01-29 |
| EGGLETON, Paul | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2000-11-17 |
| FIRTH, Michael Eric | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| HOUGHTON, Christopher | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2018-02-01 |
| HUGHES, Richard John | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Robert | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2016-06-03 |
| KERR, Alastair Gibson | Director | 1997-10-27 | 2000-09-22 |
| KNIGHT, Robert William | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| O'DOHERTY, John Sullivan | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2022-07-31 |
| PARSONS, Guy Paul Cuthbert | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| RIDGE, Brian Thompson | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| STANDRING, Geoffrey Nigel | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| STEWART, Martin Richard | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2018-08-04 |
| WOODS, Gary Anthony | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2018-03-27 |
| WOODS, Gary Anthony | Director | 1998-10-01 | 1999-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Group Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.