LIBRA TEXTILES LIMITED
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Cash
£615k
+63.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£34m
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
711
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4m
+16% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,998,835 | £32,491,792 | £32,916,931 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £3,188,216 | £2,943,103 | £3,015,581 | +2.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,716,271 | £2,034,313 | £2,359,825 | +16% | |
| Net profit | £1,343,043 | £1,304,296 | £1,692,818 | +29.8% | |
| Cash | £1,271,607 | £375,807 | £615,336 | +63.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,191,422 | £43,151,353 | £43,614,282 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £31,934,707 | £33,239,003 | £33,731,821 | +1.5% | |
| Equity | £31,934,707 | £33,239,003 | £33,731,821 | +1.5% | |
| Average employees | 709 | 697 | 711 | +2% | |
| Wages | £11,337,581 | £13,817,226 | £12,553,883 | -9.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £332,407 | £2,015,000 | £387,450 | -80.8% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 9.1% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 4.0% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | 6.8% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.55x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 2.16x | 3.06x | 4.39x |
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
- LIBRA TEXTILES LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- BANNISTER JERSEY LIMITED 1971-01-28 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHUKER, Nigel | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| BANNISTER, Benjamin Richard Michael | Director | 2019-04-01 | Mar 1989 | British |
| BANNISTER, Richard Michael Rennie | Director | — | Oct 1961 | British |
| HIBBERT, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2025-11-19 | Oct 1965 | British |
| SHUKER, Nigel | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANNISTER, Ethne Alison | Secretary | — | 1993-01-30 |
| BANNISTER, Janine Elizabeth | Secretary | 1993-01-30 | 2021-02-04 |
| MITCHELL, Robert William | Secretary | 2021-02-05 | 2023-04-30 |
| BANNISTER, Ethne Alison | Director | — | 2018-01-31 |
| BANNISTER, Janine Elizabeth | Director | — | 2021-02-04 |
| BANNISTER, Michael John Rennie | Director | — | 2018-01-31 |
| DICKSON, Peter John | Director | 2005-06-07 | 2009-01-28 |
| FLANAGAN, Michelle Nicola | Director | 2014-08-18 | 2017-02-04 |
| JONES, Loraine Gloria | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1999-06-28 |
| MCCLINTOCK, Annmarie | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2018-11-14 |
| MCGRATH, Cheryl Rhona | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2014-08-16 |
| MIDDLEMISS, George Richardson | Director | 2015-06-09 | 2019-04-11 |
| MITCHELL, Robert William | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2023-04-30 |
| SHUKER, Nigel | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2014-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libra Textiles Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-02-04 | Active |
| Mr Richard Michael Rennie Bannister | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2021-02-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.