PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.5M
-44.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£55M
+6.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
357
+15.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7M
-18.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £45,412,142 | £50,581,627 | £60,754,124 | +20.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £5,456,497 | £5,628,714 | £4,714,529 | -16.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,595,478 | £5,808,214 | £4,748,668 | -18.2% | |
| Net profit | £499,866 | £1,299,888 | £998,021 | £4,150,050 | £4,139,184 | £3,334,519 | -19.4% | |
| Cash | £76,406 | £46,294 | £104,315 | £13,105,225 | £11,857,207 | £6,541,171 | -44.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,237,736 | £4,629,805 | £5,562,826 | £49,432,465 | £53,486,662 | £56,926,000 | +6.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,423,355 | £4,593,243 | £5,526,264 | £48,044,257 | £52,026,495 | £55,366,531 | +6.4% | |
| Equity | — | £4,593,243 | £43,840,709 | £48,044,257 | £52,026,495 | £55,366,531 | +6.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 310 | 357 | +15.2% | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,570,756 | £13,347,894 | £16,151,361 | +21% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £1,532,358 | £1,090,654 | £1,745,800 | +60.1% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 12.0% | 11.1% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 9.1% | 8.2% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 11.0% | 10.5% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 17.5% | 19.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.38x | 4.39x | 3.52x |
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
- Dains Audit (Scotland) Limited
- 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 group's and parent 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
- PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Professional Beauty Systems Limited 100%
- Hive of Beauty Limited 100%
- Jerome Russell Limited 100%
- The Knot Dr Limited 100%
- FFOR Haircare Limited 100%
- Beauty Solutions Limited 100%
- Laboratoire Ariland 100%
- Fade Out Limited 100%
- Shrine Holding Limited 100%
- Shrine Retail Limited 100%
- Nanogen Limited 100%
- Herb U.K. (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Herb U.K. Limited 100%
- Bio-Health Limited 100%
- Herb U.K. North American Distribution Inc 100%
- Organic Colour Systems Limited 100%
- Pin-Up Perm Limited 100%
- HUK Europe Limited 100%
- Herb U.K. Australasia Pty Ltd 100%
- Tints of Nature Limited 100%
- Organic Colour Systems (New Zealand) Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen | Secretary | 2024-09-27 | — | — |
| HEGARTY, Gerald Patrick | Director | 2006-12-29 | Oct 1940 | British |
| MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances | Director | 2023-12-07 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MACDONOUGH, Stephen James | Director | 2010-10-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen | Director | 2017-01-04 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITKEN, Brian | Secretary | 2006-12-29 | 2024-09-27 |
| AITKEN, Brian | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2020-12-09 |
| CONNOLLY, Michael John | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2007-11-22 |
| MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances | Director | 2015-06-19 | 2023-09-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerard Patrick Hegarty | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-03 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group |
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.