BRAND FACTORY LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
+161.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.1m
+16.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
74
-5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-8.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-05.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £53,475,203 | £66,392,953 | +24.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,371,877 | £1,300,796 | -5.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,194,948 | £1,088,244 | -8.9% | |
| Net profit | — | £892,383 | £814,619 | -8.7% | |
| Cash | £60,534 | £723,188 | £1,890,340 | +161.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,695,713 | £4,787,994 | £5,635,966 | +17.7% | |
| Net assets | £814,930 | £4,341,492 | £5,056,111 | +16.5% | |
| Equity | £814,930 | £4,341,492 | £5,056,111 | +16.5% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 78 | 74 | -5.1% | |
| Wages | — | £1,487,931 | £1,913,331 | +28.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £110,000 | £126,480 | +15% |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.6% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.7% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 28.7% | 23.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 73.2% | 74.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.39x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.34x | 6.12x |
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
- Auditor
- KLSA 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.”
Significant events
- “The company maintains long-standing, robust relationships with a high-quality network of distributors across the Middle East. While regional macroeconomic and geopolitical factors required vigilant navigation during the period, our established market position ensured continuity of trade. To mitigate broader supply chan and cost pressures, management has proactively optimized logistics routes, reviewed pricing structures to protect gross margins, and utilized structured trade finance mechanisms to eliminate credit risk. Furthermore, the company is successfully executing a strategic geographic diversification plan, evidenced by exceptional growth in our domestic UK and European divisions, which naturally reduces single-region concentration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SONI, Hemantkumar Dhirubhai | Secretary | 2018-08-28 | — | — |
| COX, Tony | Director | 2018-11-28 | Feb 1968 | British |
| SONI, Hemantkumar Dhirubhai | Director | 2018-08-28 | Jun 1965 | British |
| VITHLANI, Dilip Manilal | Director | 2018-11-28 | Jun 1956 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dilip Manilal Vithlani | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-06-10 | Active |
| Mr Tony Cox | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-06-10 | Active |
| Mr Hemantkumar Dhirubhai Soni | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-28 | Ceased 2019-06-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.