GUERLAIN LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
+138.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.1m
+24.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
173
+8.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+68.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,159,142 | £17,188,040 | £20,557,350 | +19.6% | |
| Operating profit | £409,189 | £477,501 | £1,078,007 | +125.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £606,039 | £646,067 | £1,089,454 | +68.6% | |
| Net profit | £379,662 | £454,253 | £918,490 | +102.2% | |
| Cash | £4,190,063 | £1,460,145 | £3,487,158 | +138.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,807,252 | £2,141,088 | £2,683,356 | +25.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,523,619 | £1,677,872 | £2,096,362 | +24.9% | |
| Equity | £1,523,619 | £1,677,872 | £2,096,362 | +24.9% | |
| Average employees | 161 | 160 | 173 | +8.1% | |
| Wages | £5,651,303 | £6,188,734 | £7,263,982 | +17.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £333,379 | £344,639 | £362,187 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,287 | £5,604 | £6,132 | +9.4% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 2.8% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 2.6% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.6% | 22.3% | 40.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.4% | 83.3% | 83.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.95x | 0.97x |
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
- GUERLAIN LIMITED 1990-06-25 → present
- GUERLAIN,LIMITED 1936-08-08 → 1990-06-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABAD ACOSTA, Enrique | Director | 2022-10-24 | Dec 1966 | British |
| ABESCAT, Raphael | Director | 2021-04-01 | Dec 1976 | French |
| ARNAL, Sandra, Carine, Cecile, Hella | Director | 2024-08-23 | May 1977 | French |
| SAINT-GENIS, Gabrielle Anne | Director | 2023-03-15 | Aug 1973 | French |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDON-TRYE, Christopher Philip | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| HENRIOT, Loïc Pierre Marie | Secretary | 2015-08-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| LAW, Charles Howard | Secretary | — | 1999-10-11 |
| MARC, Valerie Odile | Secretary | 1999-10-11 | 2002-05-01 |
| MOUCHNIMO, Helene | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | 2006-09-01 |
| VLIEGHE, Christophe Pierre Claude | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2015-08-01 |
| WYGAS, Christophe | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2010-09-01 |
| AUGE, Stephane | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2024-08-23 |
| BOILLOT, Laurent | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2019-11-01 |
| BOIS SEVESTRE, Melanie Delphine Constance | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| CORDIER, Nicolas Michel Jean Ghislain | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2003-06-30 |
| COURTOIS, Veronique | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2023-03-15 |
| DE BEAUGRENIER, Guy | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2010-09-01 |
| DELLERS, Natalie Sandra Lilian | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| DUGNY, Thierry Eric, Louis | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| GREENAWAY, Julian Adrian | Director | — | 1999-07-21 |
| GUERLAIN, Philippe, Monsieur | Director | — | 1998-02-11 |
| GUERLAIN, Robert Marcel Jacques, Monsieur | Director | — | 1995-04-07 |
| HENRIOT, Loïc Pierre Marie | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| HENRY, Eric | Director | 1998-02-11 | 2001-07-26 |
| MOUCHNIMO, Helene | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2006-09-01 |
| NEWTON JONES, Ruth Alison Clare | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2008-10-31 |
| NEWTON JONES, Ruth Alison Clare | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2002-06-01 |
| NOYER, Emmanuelle Renee Elisabeth | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| PONROY, Thibault Phillippe-Marie | Director | 1998-02-11 | 2002-04-29 |
| ROUGET, Thomas Guy | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2022-10-24 |
| SEMERARI, Renato | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2007-10-09 |
| SODE, Philippe Charles | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2011-02-01 |
| STANTON, Brian John | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| TROLLE, Oliver Guy Marie | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2004-01-31 |
| TSASSIS, Stephane Hubert | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2005-06-29 |
| VLIEGHE, Christophe Pierre Claude | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| WYGAS, Christophe | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.