MOTHERCARE PLC.
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Cash
£2.8m
-34.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£11m
-16% vs 2025
Employees
106
-14.5% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£4.3m
-136.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,200,000 | £38,900,000 | £22,400,000 | -42.4% | |
| Operating profit | £6,500,000 | £16,000,000 | -£1,200,000 | -107.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,100,000 | £11,900,000 | -£4,300,000 | -136.1% | |
| Net profit | — | £6,200,000 | -£5,000,000 | -180.6% | |
| Cash | £5,000,000 | £4,300,000 | £2,800,000 | -34.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£16,700,000 | £20,500,000 | £9,800,000 | -52.2% | |
| Net assets | -£50,100,000 | -£9,400,000 | -£10,900,000 | -16% | |
| Equity | — | -£9,400,000 | -£10,900,000 | -16% | |
| Average employees | — | 124 | 106 | -14.5% | |
| Wages | £7,000,000 | £6,500,000 | £6,400,000 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £547,600 | £695,600 | £716,000 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,000 | £17,200 | £19,400 | +12.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £296,100 | £460,600 | £481,000 | +4.4% |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 41.1% | -5.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 15.9% | -22.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 78.0% | -12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 323.7% | 132.8% | 143.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 1.10x | 0.44x | |
| Interest cover | 1.91x | 3.90x | -0.39x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- MOTHERCARE PLC. 2000-08-03 → present
- STOREHOUSE PLC 1985-12-06 → 2000-08-03
- 15TH LEGIBUS PLC 1985-09-26 → 1985-12-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RPG Crouch Chapman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- MOTHERCARE PLC. · parent
- Chelsea Stores Holdings Limited 100%
- Early Learning Centre Limited 100%
- Mothercare Global Brand Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In October 2024 we announced a joint venture with an entry valuation of c.£30 million for the South Asian region with Reliance Brands Ltd”
- “On 20 February 2026, we announced the successful and timely refinancing of the Group's debt facilities”
- “After the reporting date, the Group completed a full buy-out of the liabilities of the Executive Scheme with an insurance company”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDINI, Lynne Samantha | Secretary | 2018-05-25 | — | — |
| COOK, Andrew | Director | 2020-01-23 | Mar 1963 | British |
| KENT, Gillian Dawn Celia | Director | 2017-03-16 | Oct 1963 | British |
| SMALL, Brian Michael | Director | 2019-12-10 | Oct 1956 | British |
| WHILEY, Clive Peter | Director | 2018-04-19 | Jun 1960 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHBY, Timothy John | Secretary | 2010-08-30 | 2015-07-24 |
| DARWALL, Alice | Secretary | 2017-11-03 | 2018-05-25 |
| EAMES, Andrew David | Secretary | 2017-08-04 | 2017-11-03 |
| FOLLAND, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2015-07-24 | 2016-01-11 |
| JOHNSON, Guy Antony | Secretary | — | 1999-01-13 |
| REVETT, Clive Edward | Secretary | 1999-01-13 | 2010-08-30 |
| TALISMAN, Daniel | Secretary | 2016-01-11 | 2017-08-04 |
| BEDFORD, Steven William | Director | — | 1999-09-29 |
| BLAND, Francis Christopher Buchan, Sir | Director | — | 1993-10-25 |
| BRAV, Angela | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2016-07-22 |
| CALVER, Simon John | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2014-02-24 |
| COLAIANNI, Teresa | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2018-05-18 |
| CRAGG, Bernard Anthony | Director | 2003-03-28 | 2012-12-31 |
| DAVISON, Ian Frederic Hay | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| DOWNES, Margaret, Dr | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| DWORKIN, David | Director | — | 1993-03-26 |
| EDELMAN, Keith Graeme | Director | 1993-08-23 | 1999-05-28 |
| GINSBERG, Lee Dale | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2018-07-19 |
| GLEW, Steven Peter | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2005-12-28 |
| GORDON, Joseph Benjamin | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2011-11-17 |
| HARDY, Brian | Director | 1994-11-24 | 2003-07-18 |
| HARRINGTON, Neil Simon | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2012-07-20 |
| HEYLIN, Angela Christine | Director | 1997-03-07 | 2004-11-18 |
| HUGHES, William Glyn Lawrence | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| IVERSON, Ann | Director | 1993-02-11 | 1993-03-26 |
| IVERSON, Ann | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| LE VESCONTE, Daniel James | Director | 2023-01-16 | 2023-06-09 |
| MACKENZIE, Amanda Felicity | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2017-02-24 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Nicholas | Director | 1997-01-17 | 2002-07-14 |
| MCMENEMY, Mark | Director | 2001-04-17 | 2003-03-03 |
| NEWTON-JONES, Mark | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2024-11-19 |
| NEWTON-JONES, Mark | Director | 2014-07-17 | 2018-04-04 |
| PARKER, Alan Charles | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2018-04-19 |
| PEACOCK, Ian Rex | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2011-10-31 |
| PESCHISOLIDO, Karren | Director | 2003-07-30 | 2010-08-13 |
| RIDER, Graham Howard | Director | 1992-11-12 | 1993-10-11 |
| RIVERS, Richard Michael | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2018-07-19 |
| SIMONS, David Martin | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| SMITH, Alan Keith Patrick | Director | 1996-01-15 | 2002-10-31 |
| SMITH, Matthew George | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2015-01-20 |
| SMOTHERS, Richard | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2017-12-01 |
| SORRELL, Martin Stuart | Director | 1994-01-26 | 1997-07-10 |
| STEELE, Richard John | Director | 1994-04-18 | 1997-01-17 |
| TAGG, David Edward | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| TAGUE, Stephen Paul | Director | 1999-05-20 | 2000-05-25 |
| WALSH, Imelda | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2016-10-10 |
| WHARTON, Nicholas Barry Edward | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2019-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, David Gay | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2013-05-31 |
| WOOD, David Bernard | Director | 2018-04-04 | 2018-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1312 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-11-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.