BMB CLOTHING LIMITED

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  Insolvency history on file

  Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.

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

• Turnover

  -28.7%

  £49,391,000 → £35,199,000

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +7.5%

  £3,896,000 → £4,187,000

  highest in 6 filed years

• Net assets

  -155.1%

  -£7,372,000 → -£18,805,000

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -23.3%

  434 → 333

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -81.6%

  -£7,471,000 → -£13,567,000

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -63.5%

  -£9,038,000 → -£14,779,000

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  -10.8%

  £10,168,000 → £9,067,000

  lowest in 4 filed years

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

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.

1. BMB CLOTHING LIMITED 2005-03-18 → present
2. BMB MENSWEAR LIMITED 2000-11-06 → 2005-03-18
3. IBIS (610) LIMITED 2000-10-13 → 2000-11-06

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Detailed forecasts have been prepared for the foreseeable future which support the directors' assessment that the Company is a going concern. The Company has cash flow forecasts based on current macro and microeconomic factors, up to 31 August 2026. These revised forecasts include plausible and downside scenarios that could occur during the forecasted periods. These assumptions are based on gross profit and costs. The forecasts, having been reviewed, scrutinised and approved by the Board of Directors, demonstrate that the Company remains a going concern. Furthermore, the Directors have obtained a letter, from Dr Alaa Arafa confirming that he will provide financial support to the Company for the foreseeable future and, in any case, to a date not earlier than twelve months following the date of approval of these financial statements by the auditors. Evidence of such support has been demonstrated through further funding in 2025 by Dr Alaa Arafa which has increased the interest free unsecured loan to £30.5m as at September 2025 and has committed more funding to the Company.”

Group structure

1. BMB CLOTHING LIMITED · parent
   1. Alexandre London inc. 100% · USA · Concession retailer
   2. Alexandre of England 1988 Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
   3. BS Europe B.V. 100% · Netherlands · Concession retailer
   4. BS Europe GmbH 100% · Germany · Concession retailer
   5. Worth Valley Menswear Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “In September 2025 the Company has entered into an updated shareholder loan agreement post year-end which deems the short-term other loan value of £18,235k as at 31 December 2024, is now repayable from April 2029. So the short-term loan value of £18,235k falling due within one year is now long-term and accrues no interest.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.