HERMAN MILLER LIMITED
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Cash
£6.2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£74M
Equity attributable
Employees
466
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13M
Period ending 2025-05-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-01 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,971,000 | £115,270,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£672,000 | -£10,623,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £377,000 | £13,107,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £365,000 | £14,994,000 | — | |
| Cash | £12,352,000 | £6,233,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £84,906,000 | £79,408,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £81,247,000 | £73,712,000 | — | |
| Equity | £81,247,000 | £73,712,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 446 | 466 | — | |
| Wages | £23,685,000 | £24,980,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £193,000 | £434,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-01 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | -9.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 13.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | -13.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.7% | 52.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.50x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- HERMAN MILLER LIMITED · parent
- Herman Miller BV 100%
- Colebrook Bosson Saunders (Products) Limited 100%
- Herman Miller Furniture (India) Private Ltd 100%
- HM Delaware LLC 100%
Significant events
- “The Company realised a profit after tax of £14,994,000 (52 weeks ended 01 June 2024 - £365,000). This is predominantly due to the receipt of dividend income from Group companies totaling £22,800,000 (52 weeks ended 01 June 2024: £nil).”
- “Dividends of £22,800,000 were declared in the period (52 weeks ended 01 June 2024 - £nil).”
- “No SECR Energy Use and Carbon Emissions Disclosure has been made in these accounts, these are instead disclosed in the accounts of the Company's parent company Herman Miller Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHETHIA, Kartik Kishore | Director | 2021-07-30 | Jun 1971 | Indian |
| STUTZ, Jeffrey | Director | 2018-08-13 | Dec 1970 | American |
| WOODBRIDGE, Robert Thomas | Director | 2018-07-17 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUDIS, David William | Secretary | 2013-06-17 | 2021-10-19 |
| BIGNALL, John | Secretary | 2013-03-08 | 2013-06-17 |
| DE JAEGER, Anthony Ignace Joseph Marie | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2007-11-05 |
| EDE, Joanne Rachel | Secretary | 2021-10-19 | 2024-04-15 |
| JEFFERSON, Rebecca | Secretary | 2011-02-21 | 2013-03-08 |
| MARSON, Nina Dawn | Secretary | 2007-11-05 | 2011-02-21 |
| QUARTLEY, Sarah Jane Mary | Secretary | — | 2005-11-01 |
| BIGNALL, John | Director | — | 2016-03-16 |
| BROSER, Hansjorg | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1996-04-03 |
| CHRISTENSON, James Edward | Director | 1994-05-12 | 1997-05-31 |
| COX, Steven Mark | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2009-08-31 |
| DE JAEGER, Anthony Ignace Joseph Marie | Director | 2006-08-22 | 2014-09-15 |
| DEVILLERS, Carla Ellen | Director | 1994-11-01 | 1995-09-02 |
| FREY, Robert Imbrie | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| GINGRAS, Kevin David | Director | 2014-09-14 | 2018-07-17 |
| HOCKING, Jeremy John | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2021-07-30 |
| HOCKING, Jeremy John | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2011-03-15 |
| ILES, Paul | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2009-10-05 |
| JANSMA, Jeff | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2006-08-22 |
| JOUANNE, Ruth | Director | 1996-02-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| KNIGHT, Michael James Watson | Director | — | 2003-04-21 |
| LOCK, Andrew John | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2018-07-17 |
| LOCK, Andrew John | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| MCGREGOR, Andrew Campbell | Director | — | 1992-10-07 |
| PEARCE, Michael | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2016-09-30 |
| PORTLOCK, John Paul | Director | — | 2010-04-06 |
| REED, James David | Director | — | 1993-10-27 |
| WALKER, Brian Christopher | Director | 1996-06-01 | 2018-07-17 |
| WALKER, Brian Christopher | Director | 1992-07-20 | 1994-10-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Joanne Margaret | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2025-02-20 |
| WOOD, Robert John | Director | — | 2009-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Miller Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.