FOUR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
+106.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
266
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2025-04-27
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-27
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2020-04-26 | 2021-04-25 | 2022-04-24 | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-27 | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | £121,283,875 | — | £97,450,027 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £14,130,728 | — | £3,337,890 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | £10,590,682 | — | £1,157,230 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£47,829,163 | — | -£703,073 | £9,415,884 | £4,894,132 | £666,227 | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | £18 | £192 | — | £96 | £6,167,155 | — | £14,482,165 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | -£38,757,370 | £28,375,596 | -£41,363,238 | £21,933,789 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | -£68,054,297 | — | -£68,757,370 | £3,360,642 | -£63,863,238 | £4,335,084 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | -£68,054,297 | -£68,757,370 | £3,360,642 | -£63,863,238 | £4,335,084 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 270 | 0 | 266 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £0 | — | — | £11,981,056 | — | £11,238,586 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,040,001 | — | £1,000,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-27 vs 2024-04-28
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+106.8%
-£63,863,238 £4,335,084
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
—
Not reported
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2020-04-26 | 2021-04-25 | 2022-04-24 | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-27 | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | — | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.8% | — | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.8% | — | 15.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.39x | — | 2.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.72x | — | 1.49x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the Parent 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.”
Group structure
- FOUR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Agent Provocateur Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Agent Provocateur International (Czech) S.r.a 100%
- Agent Provocateur International (France) SARL 100%
- Agent Provocateur (Netherlands) B.V 100%
- Agent Provocateur International (US) LLC 100%
- Agent Provocateur International Germany GmbH 100%
- Agent Provocateur International GmbH 100%
- Agent Provocateur International Italy S.r.l 100%
- Agent Provocateur International Limited 100%
- Agent Provocateur IP Limited 100%
- Agent Provocateur Italy Limited 100%
- Agent Provocateur Licensing Limited 100%
- Agent Provocateur Limited 100%
- Agent Provocateur Switzerland GmbH 100%
- Four Marketing Inc 100%
- Four Marketing Limited 100%
- Arctic Army Limited 100%
- Nicholas Deakins Limited 100%
- A-Cold-Wall* Limited 100%
- PG2019 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the Group completed the full acquisition of two brands: On 19 September 2024, it acquired Nicholas Deakins Limited... On 14 November 2024, the Group acquired A Cold Wall* Limited...”
- “During the year a further rationalisation of Group entities was carried out with a number of entities being dissolved. The entities dissolved in year were Cape Heights Clothing Limited and Fourworks Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2001-06-05 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEREZ, Charles | Secretary | 2001-06-05 | 2022-08-12 |
| M&M SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-30 | 2001-06-05 |
| DA'PRATO, Gino Pietro | Director | 2001-06-05 | 2021-07-15 |
| PEREZ, Charles | Director | 2001-06-05 | 2022-08-12 |
| SIGNORET, Dominique | Director | 2001-06-05 | 2012-10-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Cyril Ansah | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2025-12-31 |
| M & M CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-05-30 | 2001-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Benjamin Charles Banks | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-10 | Ceased 2024-06-08 |
| Mr Charles Perez | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-10 | Active |
| Mr Benjamin Charles Banks | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-10 | Active |
| Four (Investco) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.