SAVERS HEALTH AND BEAUTY LIMITED
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Cash
£72m
+0.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£172m
+8.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
5,191
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£70m
+0.5% highest in 3 filed years
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A look inside the accounts of high-street discounter Savers. Steady sales, flat profit, and a massive £40m dividend payout. 🧴💸
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £754,828,000 | £791,310,000 | £835,638,000 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £65,238,000 | £74,554,000 | £75,963,000 | +1.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £61,257,000 | £69,928,000 | £70,295,000 | +0.5% | |
| Net profit | £46,770,000 | £51,947,000 | £53,256,000 | +2.5% | |
| Cash | £61,129,000 | £71,466,000 | £71,634,000 | +0.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £239,960,000 | £205,761,000 | £287,241,000 | +39.6% | |
| Net assets | £142,121,000 | £159,068,000 | £172,324,000 | +8.3% | |
| Equity | £142,121,000 | £159,068,000 | £172,324,000 | +8.3% | |
| Average employees | 5,034 | 5,110 | 5,191 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £100,625,000 | £109,579,000 | £120,235,000 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,081,000 | £1,191,000 | — | — |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 9.4% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 6.6% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.2% | 36.2% | 26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.3% | 61.4% | 59.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.16x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 16.39x | 16.12x | 13.40x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- SAVERS HEALTH AND BEAUTY LIMITED 1996-07-26 → present
- SAVERS DRUGSTORES PLC 1990-11-06 → 1996-07-26
- SAVER'S DRUG STORES LIMITED 1988-03-09 → 1990-11-06
- SOURCEPOLE LIMITED 1987-12-04 → 1988-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 20 May 2025, the credit agreement with AS Watson Group (HK) Limited was extended to 15 June 2030, charging interest at 5.05% per annum.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIH, Edith | Secretary | 2000-09-04 | — | British |
| BLAKEMORE, Scott John | Director | 2022-05-11 | Dec 1968 | Australian |
| FLEMING, Richard Alexander | Director | 2015-10-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| LAI, Dominic Kai Ming | Director | 2002-11-20 | Jul 1953 | Canadian |
| MACNAB, Peter William | Director | 2014-05-20 | Oct 1957 | British |
| NGAI, Malina Man Lin | Director | 2024-08-26 | Mar 1969 | Chinese |
| WINCHESTER, Douglas Alan | Director | 2020-07-07 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOKOE, David Edward | Secretary | 1998-04-02 | 2000-09-04 |
| TONKS, Suzanna Jane | Secretary | — | 1998-04-02 |
| ATKINSON, Anthony | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1998-02-12 |
| CASEY, Dennis | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2005-08-15 |
| CAVEN, Kevin David | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2005-09-16 |
| HEATON, Alan John | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2022-05-11 |
| INGHAM, Brian Philip | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2006-01-03 |
| KENDALL-SMITH, Michael Andrew | Director | 1999-04-02 | 2004-12-24 |
| KIRK, Richard Stanley | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2000-09-24 |
| MACNAB, Peter William | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2004-12-24 |
| PAGE, Neil Lloyd | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2008-06-20 |
| PARKER, Robert | Director | 2005-08-15 | 2007-03-30 |
| QUINN, Frank John | Director | — | 1992-11-01 |
| RANKIN, Yvonne Rose | Director | 2005-08-15 | 2006-08-31 |
| SCHREIBER, Jurgen | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2006-08-31 |
| SEIGAL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2012-01-31 |
| SMITH, Gillian Greig | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2015-10-01 |
| SO, Aloysius Martin Yirk Yu | Director | 2005-08-15 | 2008-05-01 |
| SUTHERLAND, Euan Angus | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2008-04-18 |
| TONKS, Richard Geoffrey | Director | — | 2002-10-31 |
| WADE, Ian Frances | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2006-12-11 |
| WAT, Joey Chui Yung | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2014-05-20 |
| WEBLEY, Ian Philip Carver | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2005-05-20 |
| YING, Kenneth Tze Man | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Watson (Health & Beauty Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 230 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.