STAR BRANDS LIMITED
Star Brands Limited is a manufacturer of household cleaning products that produces the Stardrops and The Pink Stuff brands alongside private-label goods.
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Cash
£8.8M
+13.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£37M
+28.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
31
-86.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£104M
+501.2% highest 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 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £93,505,969 | £109,496,772 | £89,450,559 | -18.3% | |
| Operating profit | £8,863,119 | £17,048,991 | £103,147,549 | +505% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,827,222 | £17,224,581 | £103,549,751 | +501.2% | |
| Net profit | £6,751,230 | £12,692,024 | £100,327,692 | +690.5% | |
| Cash | £2,365,248 | £7,730,522 | £8,770,608 | +13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,317,353 | £28,880,733 | £37,163,425 | +28.7% | |
| Net assets | £16,150,756 | £28,842,780 | £37,054,800 | +28.5% | |
| Equity | £16,150,756 | £28,842,780 | £37,054,800 | +28.5% | |
| Average employees | 272 | 237 | 31 | -86.9% | |
| Wages | £7,853,217 | £9,080,066 | £1,101,656 | -87.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £504,173 | £722,211 | £817,291 | +13.2% |
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 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 15.6% | 115.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 11.6% | 112.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.2% | 59.0% | 277.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.72x | 3.76x |
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
- STAR BRANDS LIMITED 2009-05-22 → present
- WIZZ PRODUCTS LIMITED 2001-06-05 → 2009-05-22
- MULTIBULK LIMITED 2001-03-19 → 2001-06-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- STAR BRANDS LIMITED · parent
- Star Brands Direct Limited 100%
- Star Brands Manufacturing Ltd 100%
- Star Brands Partnership Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the company and the wider Star Brands Group were acquired by RPM UK Holdco Ltd, a subsidiary of RPM International Inc., a US listed company.”
- “During the previous financial year, the business undertook a re-organisation to separate the Star Brands Limited company into three distinct trading entities.”
- “In June 2025, Star Brands Limited investment in Star Brands USA was transferred to a different RPM group company, which resulted in a one-off exceptional non-trading gain in Star Brands Limited.”
- “On 1 June 2025, the Company transferred, as a gift, £123,040,248 to RPM UK Finance Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE BACKER, Hilde Maria Eleonora | Director | 2025-12-18 | Apr 1969 | Belgian |
| KAVANAGH, John Patrick | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jan 1964 | American |
| KISTLER, Jeffrey Wayne | Director | 2025-04-30 | Dec 1972 | American |
| LOWDON, Thomas James | Director | 2025-04-30 | Dec 1983 | British |
| NORTH, Timothy Michael Holbrook | Director | 2019-07-10 | Oct 1965 | British |
| NYGAARD PADE, Henrik | Director | 2019-07-10 | Sep 1962 | Danish,British |
| THOMAS, Gavin Stuart | Director | 2019-07-10 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESCOTT, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2001-06-01 | 2004-07-30 |
| GRAEME, Dorothy May | Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2001-06-01 |
| MANN, Hayley | Secretary | 2004-07-30 | 2008-03-26 |
| SIDDALL, Diane Margaret | Secretary | 2009-07-30 | 2019-07-10 |
| WOMERSLEY, Robin Neil | Secretary | 2008-03-26 | 2009-07-30 |
| ESCOTT, Michael Anthony | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2004-07-30 |
| GRAEME, Lesley Joyce | Nominee Director | 2001-03-19 | 2001-06-01 |
| MANN, David Jonathan | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2014-12-04 |
| ROBERTSHAW, Tim | Director | 2009-07-30 | 2018-06-22 |
| SIDDALL, Philip Graham | Director | 2009-07-30 | 2019-07-10 |
| SPAULDING, William Lee | Director | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Brands Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.