HERMES (G.B.) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+330.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£171m
+59.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
364
+11.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£89m
+10.8% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of HERMES (G.B.) LIMITED's latest filing
Hermès UK continues to grow, pulling in nearly £400m in sales as it prepares to open a new London flagship. 👜🇬🇧
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £259,567,000 | £349,154,000 | £395,899,000 | +13.4% | |
| Operating profit | £45,311,000 | £83,084,000 | £90,459,000 | +8.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £44,589,000 | £80,576,000 | £89,300,000 | +10.8% | |
| Net profit | £32,960,000 | £59,202,000 | £64,130,000 | +8.3% | |
| Cash | £209,000 | £403,000 | £1,734,000 | +330.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £163,730,000 | £201,325,000 | £276,996,000 | +37.6% | |
| Net assets | £47,856,000 | £107,058,000 | £171,188,000 | +59.9% | |
| Equity | £47,856,000 | £107,058,000 | £171,188,000 | +59.9% | |
| Average employees | 289 | 327 | 364 | +11.3% | |
| Wages | £18,707,000 | £22,316,000 | £24,528,000 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,151,000 | £885,000 | £1,130,000 | +27.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 23.8% | 22.8% | |
| Net margin | 12.7% | 17.0% | 16.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.7% | 41.3% | 32.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 57.8% | 52.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 2.28x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | 22.58x | 28.40x | 27.56x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- HERMES (G.B.) LIMITED 1982-06-01 → present
- PARFUMS DE PARIS LIMITED 1963-09-04 → 1982-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In 2026, Hermes (G.B.) Limited subsequent events include the exit from Selfridges London 17th May and the opening of the relocated New Bond Street flagship store 16th June.”
- “A dividend of £100,000,000 in relation to the 2025 financial year (2024: £Nil) was proposed and agreed at the meeting of the Board of Directors on 15th April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAEN, Florian Jean Frederic | Director | 2013-05-01 | Oct 1970 | French |
| DU COUEDIC DE KERERANT, Aliona Marie Oneida | Director | 2012-04-23 | Jun 1991 | French |
| DUMAS, Robert David Philippe | Director | 2013-04-23 | Apr 1985 | British |
| HENNARD, Luc | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jan 1966 | Belgian |
| PINON, Mathieu | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1978 | French |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNEY, Richard Leslie | Secretary | — | 1993-06-14 |
| LACOUR, Andre Leon Bernard | Secretary | 1993-06-14 | 1994-03-16 |
| COMAT CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-03-16 | 2018-01-30 |
| BENIANS, Simon Mario | Director | 1993-06-10 | 1994-12-05 |
| BLANCKAERT, Christian Gerard | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2009-08-31 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Anthony James | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| CAVENAGH, Pamela | Director | 1994-12-05 | 1997-09-05 |
| CRAEN, Florian Jean Frederic | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2009-03-11 |
| DE SEYNES, Pierre | Director | — | 1998-08-04 |
| DUMAS, Axel Olivier | Director | 2013-06-05 | 2015-04-15 |
| DUMAS, Jean-Louis Frederic | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| DUMAS, Pierre-Alexis Philippe | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2015-04-15 |
| DUVAL, Gilles Daniel Charles Maurice | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2008-06-22 |
| GONZALEZ-CRISTOBAL POYO, Beatriz | Director | 2009-08-31 | 2013-05-01 |
| GUERRAND, Jean-Rene Raoul | Director | — | 1993-09-17 |
| GUERRAND, Wilfrid Philippe | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2013-07-01 |
| LACOUR, Andre Leon Bernard | Director | — | 1995-06-08 |
| LEROY, Charles Henri | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2009-03-11 |
| MICHAUD, Bertrand Marie Henri Benoit | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2023-09-01 |
| OUTIN, Thierry | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2012-08-31 |
| PUECH, Alfred Francis | Director | — | 1991-10-17 |
| PUECH, Bertrand Emile | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| STREICHENBERGER, Juliette Marie Catherine | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Marie Charles | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2013-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes Holding Gb Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-05-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.