POWERPLAY BRANDS LIMITED
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Cash
£72k
-31.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£8.7m
+77.9% vs 2025
Employees
52
+2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£5.1m
+46.2% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,657,652 | £36,278,621 | +7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,770,269 | £5,460,422 | +44.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,489,592 | £5,100,235 | +46.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,561,509 | £3,818,507 | +49.1% | |
| Cash | £105,995 | £72,228 | -31.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,848,680 | £8,971,494 | +53.4% | |
| Net assets | £4,904,574 | £8,723,081 | +77.9% | |
| Equity | £4,904,574 | £8,723,081 | +77.9% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 52 | +2% | |
| Wages | £2,725,603 | £3,066,134 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,226,419 | £1,568,577 | +27.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £48,943 | £92,103 | +88.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £230,489 | £330,221 | +43.3% |
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 15.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 64.5% | 60.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.6% | 49.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | 13.43x | 15.16x |
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
- Edwards Veeder (UK) Limited
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARBYSHIRE, Nigel David | Secretary | 2023-01-25 | — | — |
| DARBYSHIRE, Nigel David | Director | 2022-02-14 | Jun 1976 | British |
| DEAR, Lynette Jane | Director | 2012-03-16 | Mar 1964 | British |
| GRAY, Daniel Andrew Luke | Director | 2019-04-02 | Jun 1985 | British |
| SAMUELS, Marc Robert | Director | 2007-01-31 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Jill Bernadette | Director | 2012-03-16 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASOFSKY, Sandy Geoffrey | Secretary | 2007-01-31 | 2014-06-16 |
| ROBERTS, Timothy Edward | Secretary | 2014-06-16 | 2023-01-24 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-01-29 | 2007-01-30 |
| BOSWELL, Kelly | Director | 2020-06-17 | 2022-05-05 |
| CASOFSKY, Sandy Geoffrey | Director | 2007-01-31 | 2014-06-16 |
| ROBERTS, Timothy Edward | Director | 2012-03-16 | 2023-01-24 |
| SAMUELS, David | Director | 2007-01-31 | 2014-08-04 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-01-29 | 2007-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerplay Eot Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-19 | Active |
| Mr Marc Robert Samuels | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-09-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-28 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.