PLAYMOBIL (U.K.) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
+121.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.1m
-42.7% vs 2025
Employees
31
+63.2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£1.4m
-120.7% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,007,623 | £8,081,518 | -10.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£962,153 | -£1,644,718 | -70.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£654,593 | -£1,444,573 | -120.7% | |
| Net profit | -£722,566 | -£1,375,969 | -90.4% | |
| Cash | £865,290 | £1,917,710 | +121.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,793,391 | £3,669,394 | -36.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,334,499 | £3,058,530 | -42.7% | |
| Equity | £5,334,499 | £3,058,530 | -42.7% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 31 | +63.2% | |
| Wages | £943,363 | £1,115,706 | +18.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £68,167 | £83,940 | +23.1% |
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.7% | -20.4% | |
| Net margin | -8.0% | -17.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.6% | -44.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.5% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.74x | 3.01x | |
| Interest cover | -14.58x | -25.70x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the company's business activities, cash flow forecasts and future prospects. Based on this assessment, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PLAYMOBIL (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Geobra Brandstaetter Stiftung & Co. KG
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Group received an offer to purchase an investment property for £780,000. The offer is subject to contract, valuation and other conditions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAY, Vanessa Jayne | Secretary | 2024-04-30 | — | — |
| BURMEISTER, Jörg | Director | 2024-05-28 | Nov 1963 | German |
| KAY, Vanessa Jayne | Director | 2024-05-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENNAN, Graham Mark | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| DIXON, Martin | Secretary | 1994-07-29 | 1998-11-30 |
| DOVE, Philip Graham | Secretary | 2013-06-28 | 2024-04-30 |
| LEAH, Neil Steven | Secretary | 1998-12-07 | 1999-09-10 |
| THORPE, Jonathan | Secretary | — | 1994-07-29 |
| BRANDSTATTER, Horst | Director | — | 2015-04-01 |
| FESER, Rene | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2024-05-28 |
| FOSTER, Mark Ashley | Director | 2023-06-14 | 2024-04-15 |
| NEDERSTIGT, Cornelis Bernardus | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2016-07-27 |
| SCHMITZ, Axel | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2023-06-14 |
| WEINGART, Judith | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.