HENBRANDT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+8.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+2% vs 2023
Employees
27
+8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£929K
-56% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,737,774 | £11,283,621 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,040,172 | £786,748 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,113,514 | £929,059 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,654,857 | £692,298 | |
| Cash | — | £3,857,074 | £4,168,741 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £18,490,118 | £18,859,319 | |
| Net assets | — | £18,479,391 | £18,846,689 | |
| Equity | £17,702,497 | £18,479,391 | £18,846,689 | |
| Average employees | — | 25 | 27 | |
| Wages | — | £1,203,265 | £1,193,635 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £215,000 | £234,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-17.9%
£13,737,774 £11,283,621
-
Cash
+8.1%
£3,857,074 £4,168,741
-
Net assets
+2%
£18,479,391 £18,846,689
-
Employees
+8%
25 27
-
Operating profit
-61.4%
£2,040,172 £786,748
-
Profit before tax
-56%
£2,113,514 £929,059
-
Wages
-0.8%
£1,203,265 £1,193,635
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 14.9% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 12.0% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 11.0% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 8.3% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 11.28x | 19.80x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2215.17x | — |
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
- BBK Partnership
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In light of the current environment, the directors have considered the company's objective, risk management policies, liquidity risk, credit risk, capital management policies and procedures, the nature of its market positioning and its expenditure and cash flow projections. As a result of this review the directors have conducted that the group has adequate and reliable resources to continue to adopt a going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HENBRANDT LIMITED · parent
- Henbrandt Europe B.V. 80%
- Henbrandt Europe Group Holdings BV 100%
Significant events
- “Some disruption is expected within the toy and novelty sector in 2024 as a result of the ongoing cost-of-living pressures. However, the directors anticipate this impact to be minimal, as any effect on operating costs from a reduction in market volumes is expected to be mitigated by internal efficiency measures and strategic actions. This approach has already proven effective during the current year, in which the Company successfully increased its market share despite similar challenges.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDT, Garry Michael | Director | — | Jan 1964 | British |
| PEARCE, George Samuel | Director | 2022-07-25 | Apr 1992 | British |
| ROUSE, Christopher Edward | Director | 2025-04-01 | Aug 1994 | British |
| STARNS, Julian Mark | Director | 2013-02-25 | Oct 1964 | British |
| STARNS, Luca Julian | Director | 2025-04-01 | May 2001 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYER, Joseph | Secretary | — | 2003-04-07 |
| GANNON, Laurence John | Secretary | 2003-04-07 | 2025-04-01 |
| BRANDT, Michael Joachim | Director | — | 2013-02-25 |
| DYER, Joseph | Director | — | 2003-04-07 |
| GANNON, Laurence John | Director | 2013-02-25 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Julian Mark Starns | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Harlequin Direct Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.