ROYAL SANDERS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-57.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£40M
+45.7% vs 2024
Employees
275
+26.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£17M
-3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75,394,000 | £111,094,000 | |
| Operating profit | £18,287,000 | £21,438,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £18,031,000 | £17,447,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,508,000 | £12,567,000 | |
| Cash | £6,339,000 | £2,682,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,821,000 | £114,532,000 | |
| Net assets | £27,486,000 | £40,053,000 | |
| Equity | £27,486,000 | £40,053,000 | |
| Average employees | 218 | 275 | |
| Wages | £6,354,000 | £11,505,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+47.4%
£75,394,000 £111,094,000
-
Cash
-57.7%
£6,339,000 £2,682,000
-
Net assets
+45.7%
£27,486,000 £40,053,000
-
Employees
+26.1%
218 275
-
Operating profit
+17.2%
£18,287,000 £21,438,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.2%
£18,031,000 £17,447,000
-
Wages
+81.1%
£6,354,000 £11,505,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 19.3% | |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 52.5% | 18.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.5% | 60.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 51.95x | 3.90x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ROYAL SANDERS (UK) LIMITED 2014-04-01 → present
- B3 INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2008-10-13 → 2014-04-01
- HAMSARD 3137 LIMITED 2008-09-19 → 2008-10-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The following summarises the basis upon which the directors have reviewed this and reached their conclusion. The Company had consolidated net assets of £40.05m and consolidated cash reserves of £2.68m at 31 March 2025. The Company is financed by retained profits and re-invested working capital and has a share of Group banking facilities totaling £73.45m, repayable after more than one year. The Company has no other external borrowing. In assessing the going concern basis of preparation, the Directors have reviewed the financing position of the Company for the foreseeable future, defined as a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. They have prepared cashflow forecasts for this period which take into account known financial commitments and expected working capital requirements based upon expected levels of trading and cash generation. These cash flow forecasts indicate that the Company will be able to operate within the terms of its current arrangements and are considered to be achievable given expected levels of trading. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ROYAL SANDERS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Royal Sanders Brands Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year Royal Sanders (UK) Limited made two significant acquisitions. On 19 June 2024, JZ Consumer Brands Limited was acquired with its subsidiaries, Karium Limited and Karium (RP) BV. Karium is an established platform for brands in the hair and body care sector. On 28 February 2025 Blue Orange Management Limited was acquired for its established trademark assets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HULLEGIE, Bart Otger | Director | 2011-12-20 | Jan 1971 | Dutch |
| MCNALLY, Gavin Patrick | Director | 2016-01-04 | Oct 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Christopher John | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-09-19 | 2008-09-22 |
| BARNES, Bradley Christopher | Director | 2014-07-30 | 2015-10-31 |
| CARRINGTON, John Andrew | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2012-04-13 |
| COBURN, Paul Michael | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2011-10-18 |
| CROSSLEY, Peter Mortimer | Director | 2008-09-19 | 2008-09-22 |
| DE LANGE, Mark Christiaan | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2019-04-19 |
| DUGGAN, Denis Anthony | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2017-04-24 |
| SELLARS, Paul | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2014-07-18 |
| SMYTH, Philip Jonathan | Director | 2009-09-22 | 2011-12-20 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-09-19 | 2008-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3i Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2023-12-04 | Active |
| 3i Gp 2016 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-12-04 | Active |
| Ukpc B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-27 | 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.