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Cash

£220k

0% vs 2024

Net assets

£0

-100% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

£3.1m

-42% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £7,471,000£7,375,000£4,899,000 -33.6%
Operating profit £4,442,000£5,403,000£3,133,000 -42%
Profit before tax £4,442,000£5,403,000£3,133,000 -42%
Net profit £3,606,000£5,176,000£2,949,000 -43%
Cash £92,000£220,000£220,000 0%
Total assets less current liabilities —£31,452,000— —
Net assets £24,946,000£30,122,000£0 -100%
Equity £24,946,000£30,122,000£0 -100%
Average employees 00— —
Wages ——— —
Directors' remuneration ——— —

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 59.5%73.3%64.0%
Net margin 48.3%70.2%60.2%
Return on capital employed —17.2%—
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 9.7%4.9%—
Current ratio 34.33x——

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

  1. HAMLEYS (FRANCHISING) LIMITED 2006-05-10 → present
  2. DWSCO 2653 LIMITED 2005-11-29 → 2006-05-10

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
PBG Associates Ltd
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Not a going concern (break-up basis)

“Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. The remaining assets have been measured at their estimated realizable values, and the remaining liabilities have been stated at their estimated settlement amounts.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 19 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2013-02-27 — —
ROBERTS, Gregory Neil Director 2020-08-01 Jul 1974 British
VARGHESE, Saji Director 2023-06-27 May 1970 British
Show 19 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DUNN, Alasdair Andrew Secretary 2006-05-10 2013-02-26
DWS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2005-11-29 2006-05-10
CUNNINGHAM, Ralph Brander Director 2017-06-16 2019-02-28
CURRIE, Paul Anthony Director 2008-03-19 2009-05-07
DUNN, Alasdair Andrew Director 2006-05-10 2017-06-16
GANG, Wu Director 2019-02-28 2019-07-16
GRUNBERG, Jean-Michel Victor Director 2012-09-17 2015-11-25
HIDALGO, Rudolph Director 2012-09-17 2015-11-25
JABLONOWSKI, Alexander David Director 2017-07-24 2018-10-09
LE FRANCOIS DES COURTIS, Jean Marie Robert Director 2012-09-17 2015-11-25
MATHER, Nicholas Charles Holt Director 2006-05-10 2008-05-02
MEHTA, Darshan Rasiklal Director 2019-07-16 2024-11-15
OSBORNE, Katherine Anne Director 2006-05-10 2007-05-31
REYNISSON, Gudjon Karl Director 2008-05-02 2017-09-30
SHAIKH, Sohail Ahmed Director 2019-07-16 2020-07-31
SHARMA, Dilip Kumar Director 2019-08-28 2023-06-12
SHEN, Yong Director 2018-10-09 2019-08-31
YADAV, Sumeet Director 2025-02-03 2025-08-06
DWS DIRECTORS LTD Corporate Director 2005-11-29 2006-05-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Reliance Brands Holding Uk Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2020-08-14 Active
The Hamleys Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2020-08-14

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-05-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-30 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-08-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-02 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-18 AD02 address Change sail address company with old address new address PDF
2025-03-03 CH04 officers Change corporate secretary company with change date PDF
2025-02-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-06-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-05-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-06-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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