MANOLO BLAHNIK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£4.9m
EUR 5,612,720
-20.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£56m
EUR 63,848,665
-0.1% vs 2024
Employees
129
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£444k
EUR -509,423
-116.4% lowest 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 | £74,968,454 | £53,423,559 | £53,306,852 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £12,648,645 | £1,786,704 | £343,087 | -80.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,637,049 | £2,714,846 | -£444,290 | -116.4% | |
| Net profit | £10,548,316 | £2,276,733 | -£481,761 | -121.2% | |
| Cash | £14,332,157 | £6,177,754 | £4,895,099 | -20.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £56,646,850 | £56,138,946 | £56,010,524 | -0.2% | |
| Net assets | £55,975,878 | £55,740,753 | £55,685,213 | -0.1% | |
| Equity | £55,975,878 | £55,740,753 | £55,685,213 | -0.1% | |
| Average employees | 119 | 128 | 129 | +0.8% | |
| Wages | £8,726,948 | £9,292,345 | £9,896,378 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,367,117 | £1,362,854 | £1,401,717 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,993 | £5,877 | £10,502 | +78.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £658,854 | £646,462 | £671,858 | +3.9% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 16.9% | 3.3% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 14.1% | 4.3% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.3% | 3.2% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.1% | 14.5% | 18.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 2.71x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.44x |
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
- MANOLO BLAHNIK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1985-04-12 → present
- ZAPATA SHOE COMPANY LIMITED 1970-02-05 → 1985-04-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- MANOLO BLAHNIK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Manolo Blahnik Switzerland SA 100%
- MB France SAS 100%
- Manolo Blahnik Americas LLC 100%
- Manolo Blahnik Spain SL 100%
- Manolo Blahnik Italy S.R.L 100%
- MB Product Services S.R.L 100%
- Ma Nuo Luo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “One of the Group's key US wholesale partners filed for Chapter 11 restructuring in January 2026. It appears that the restructuring process has been successful as the client has emerged from Chapter 11 at the end of June 2026. At the date of signing these Financial Statements, the Group's sales to this client have recovered to a normal level.”
- “Following the commencement of the conflict in the Middle East the Directors assessed the impact on the business and are working closely with local wholesale partners to support the Manolo Blahnik business in the region. We continue to monitor the situation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAHNIK RODRIGUEZ, Manolo | Director | — | Nov 1940 | Spanish |
| HÜLSEBUS, Eva Kristina | Director | 2013-01-01 | Feb 1974 | German |
| HÜLSEBUS, Evangelina Rosa | Director | — | Nov 1943 | German |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HÜLSEBUS, Evangelina Rosa | Secretary | — | 2023-01-19 |
| MCMANUS, Georgina | Secretary | 2017-03-24 | 2024-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blahnik Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Manolo Blahnik | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-29 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-19 | 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.