MOLTON BROWN LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1m
-21.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£47m
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
683
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.8m
-250.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £106,869,000 | £104,132,000 | £105,753,000 | +1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £5,617,000 | £2,581,000 | -£1,469,000 | -156.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,277,000 | £1,824,000 | -£2,752,000 | -250.9% | |
| Net profit | £4,566,000 | £1,471,000 | -£3,016,000 | -305% | |
| Cash | £2,356,000 | £3,988,000 | £3,128,000 | -21.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,349,000 | £69,930,000 | £57,644,000 | -17.6% | |
| Net assets | £48,321,000 | £49,789,000 | £46,775,000 | -6.1% | |
| Equity | £48,320,000 | £49,790,000 | £46,775,000 | -6.1% | |
| Average employees | 678 | 707 | 683 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £19,260,000 | £21,206,000 | £20,870,000 | -1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 5.3% | 2.5% | -1.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 1.4% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 3.7% | -2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.6% | 48.3% | 47.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 2.19x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 6.52x | 2.60x | -1.04x |
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
- MOLTON BROWN LIMITED 2000-12-07 → present
- METWELL LIMITED 1989-08-21 → 2000-12-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte 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.”
Group structure
- MOLTON BROWN LIMITED · parent
- Molton Brown Japan Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARHAM, Edward James | Secretary | 2019-08-13 | — | — |
| BARHAM, Edward James | Director | 2019-08-13 | Oct 1983 | British |
| JOHNSON, Mark | Director | 2014-07-01 | Jan 1973 | American |
| UCHIYAMA, Tomoko | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1977 | Japanese |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGERTON, Graham John | Secretary | 2016-04-05 | 2019-08-13 |
| HALTON, Sara Frances | Secretary | 2006-01-31 | 2007-05-02 |
| JOHNSON, Mark | Secretary | 2015-01-02 | 2016-04-05 |
| MARSHALL, Robert James | Secretary | 2007-05-02 | 2009-04-30 |
| THOMAS, Hannah Clare | Secretary | 2009-04-30 | 2012-03-01 |
| WARSHAW, Michael Charles | Secretary | — | 2006-01-31 |
| WHINNEY, Charles Humphrey Dickens | Secretary | 2012-03-01 | 2015-01-02 |
| BOWERS, Dale Daxon | Director | — | 2005-12-01 |
| BROCKHUS, Eric Anthonius | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| BROWN, Nigel | Director | 2015-01-02 | 2016-03-02 |
| COLLIS, Caroline Jane | Director | — | 1993-12-02 |
| DENTON, Charles James | Director | 1993-09-22 | 2007-05-03 |
| EDGERTON, Graham John | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2019-08-13 |
| GEGEN BAUER, Willy Benedict | Director | 1996-04-24 | 2003-08-11 |
| HALTON, Sara Frances | Director | 2007-05-02 | 2010-05-21 |
| HIROTA, Masato | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2009-03-01 |
| KIRCHHOFF, Guido | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| KONISHI, Nobuaki | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2008-03-01 |
| MAEZAWA, Yosuke | Director | 2023-03-14 | 2025-01-01 |
| MURAKAMI, Yoshihiro | Director | 2018-01-24 | 2023-03-14 |
| NATSUSAKA, Masumi | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2018-01-24 |
| NELSON-BENNETT, Amy Elizabeth | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2014-05-16 |
| OLDROYD, William Mark | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2005-12-01 |
| SAITO, Toshihide | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-03-01 |
| SHILLCOCK, Robert Leslie | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2005-12-01 |
| TAKAGI, Norihiko | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2010-06-01 |
| THURLOW, Robert | Director | 2005-01-11 | 2005-12-01 |
| TRIPP, Herbert Johann | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2022-07-01 |
| WARSHAW, Leonard Claude | Director | — | 2003-08-11 |
| WARSHAW, Mark Jonathan | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2005-12-01 |
| WARSHAW, Michael Charles | Director | — | 2006-01-31 |
| WELLESLEY, William Valerian | Director | 2001-01-18 | 2005-09-08 |
| WHINNEY, Charles Humphrey Dickens | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2015-01-02 |
| YOSHINO, Hiwako | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2014-12-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kao Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.