CHILDRENSALON GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£21m
-12.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£58m
-12.2% vs 2023
Employees
523
-12.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8m
-27.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £107,637,000 | £92,737,000 | -13.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,679,000 | -£8,458,000 | -26.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,266,000 | -£7,998,000 | -27.6% | |
| Net profit | -£6,294,000 | -£8,032,000 | -27.6% | |
| Cash | £23,584,000 | £20,696,000 | -12.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,740,000 | £61,172,000 | -12.3% | |
| Net assets | £65,824,000 | £57,792,000 | -12.2% | |
| Equity | £65,824,000 | £57,792,000 | -12.2% | |
| Average employees | 598 | 523 | -12.5% | |
| Wages | £19,867,000 | £18,739,000 | -5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £948,000 | £921,000 | -2.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.2% | -9.1% | |
| Net margin | -5.8% | -8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.6% | -13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.5% | 20.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.80x | 5.18x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group's and company's forecasts and projections and despite the group making a loss in the year, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company have sufficient resources to continue business operations for the foreseeable future. In assessing the going concern basis, the directors have considered a severe but plausible downside scenario in the forecasted cash flows for the period to December 2026. Based on this, the directors believe that preparing the group's and company's financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to sufficient cash reserves within the group. The directors have also received confirmation that Childrensalon Limited will support the company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed. The group and the company therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHILDRENSALON GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Childrensalon Limited 100%
- Childrensalon Team Limited 100%
- Beatrice and George Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We successfully launched our Middle East warehouse and fulfilment operation in Dubai a great achievement for the team and a huge benefit for our customers.”
- “We launched our Prive personal shopper service, new payment offerings including PayPal "pay in 3" and Tamara. We relaunched our Reward Scheme, refined our Apps and introduced our Chatbot.”
- “As a business, we are embracing the use of Al technology across all our departments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRUDENELL-LEECH, John | Secretary | 2013-04-02 | — | — |
| HARRIMAN-SMITH, Asher Sorche Storm, Mx | Director | 2018-12-31 | Sep 1987 | British |
| SCOTT-READ, Afsaneh | Director | 2016-12-29 | Jan 1985 | British |
| SMITH, George Frederick | Director | 2014-06-23 | Nov 1947 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUDENELL-LEECH, John Frederick | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2026-02-05 |
| DAVIDSON, Ian | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2025-11-19 |
| HARRIMAN, William Paul | Director | 2013-04-17 | 2016-12-29 |
| HARRIMAN-SMITH, Michele Mary Beatrice | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2025-09-25 |
| LAYTON, David | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2016-12-29 |
| NG, Melissa | Director | 2016-12-29 | 2026-02-13 |
| NG, Melissa | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2013-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Paul Harriman | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2024-04-16 | Ceased 2024-04-16 |
| Mr John Frederick Brudenell-Leech | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2024-04-16 | Ceased 2024-04-16 |
| Decimus Palace Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-12-21 | Ceased 2024-04-16 |
| Mrs Michele Mary Beatrice Harriman-Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr George Frederick Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.