MASON PEARSON BROS. LIMITED
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Cash
£7.8m
+0.6% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£12m
-0.4% vs 2025
Employees
81
-3.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£587k
-67.4% vs 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,609,562 | £6,035,802 | £5,181,312 | £8,802,020 | £8,117,856 | -7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,117,599 | £2,566,014 | £114,129 | £1,566,844 | £323,847 | -79.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,130,522 | £2,583,536 | £328,058 | £1,801,204 | £587,175 | -67.4% | |
| Net profit | £936,744 | £2,056,569 | £233,136 | £1,282,193 | £421,614 | -67.1% | |
| Cash | £5,800,005 | £7,560,786 | £5,993,293 | £7,788,623 | £7,834,556 | +0.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,043,100 | £10,239,371 | £11,131,960 | £12,561,385 | £12,479,204 | -0.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,815,611 | £9,872,180 | £10,556,506 | £11,838,699 | £11,787,673 | -0.4% | |
| Equity | £7,815,611 | £9,872,180 | £10,556,506 | £11,838,699 | £11,787,673 | -0.4% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 77 | 84 | 84 | 81 | -3.6% | |
| Wages | £2,249,097 | £2,577,859 | £3,158,650 | £3,200,794 | £3,816,934 | +19.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £243,203 | £321,168 | £347,520 | £416,324 | £799,301 | +92% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £10,000 | £14,256 | £31,038 | +117.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £237,098 | £237,098 | £442,603 | +86.7% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.2% | 42.5% | 2.2% | 17.8% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 20.3% | 34.1% | 4.5% | 14.6% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 25.1% | 1.0% | 12.5% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.3% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 15.4% | 13.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 14.22x | 7.39x | 8.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 86.13x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting...”
Group structure
- MASON PEARSON BROS. LIMITED · parent
- Mason Pearson Brothers Limited 100%
- Mason Pearson Limited 100%
- MPHP Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A J Jackson resigned as director on 31 March 2026”
- “Factory reorganization took place during the year ended 31 March 2026”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKPATRICK, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-09-28 | — | — |
| MORRISON, Beate Susanne | Director | 2024-09-25 | Jul 1965 | German |
| PEARSON, Michael John | Director | — | Feb 1951 | British |
| SNYDER, Michael John, Sir | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jul 1950 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Michael John | Secretary | 2000-07-24 | 2022-09-28 |
| PEARSON, Michael | Secretary | — | 2000-07-23 |
| BOULTON, Juliette Mary | Director | — | 2018-12-05 |
| JACKSON, Anthony James | Director | 2017-03-05 | 2026-03-31 |
| PEARSON, Michael | Director | — | 2000-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Juliette Mary Boulton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-27 |
| Mr Michael John Pearson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | 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
- 1
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.