TOY BROKERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1m
+89% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22m
+1% vs 2024
Employees
47
-9.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£628k
+246.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,158,976 | £22,885,888 | £21,370,248 | -6.6% | |
| Operating profit | £193,633 | -£206,944 | £793,770 | +483.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£73,681 | -£429,009 | £628,079 | +246.4% | |
| Net profit | -£140,795 | -£466,103 | £450,348 | +196.6% | |
| Cash | £1,509,104 | £1,117,297 | £2,112,184 | +89% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,303,554 | £22,637,547 | £24,159,695 | +6.7% | |
| Net assets | £22,954,452 | £22,264,742 | £22,491,483 | +1% | |
| Equity | £22,954,452 | £22,264,742 | £22,491,483 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 52 | 47 | -9.6% | |
| Wages | £2,292,832 | £2,344,089 | £2,238,188 | -4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £266,092 | £264,092 | £243,135 | -7.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,902 | £33,036 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £229,248 | £229,248 | £216,291 | -5.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | -0.9% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.6% | -2.0% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | -0.9% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.0% | 30.8% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 2.01x | 2.89x | |
| Interest cover | 0.70x | -0.88x | 4.35x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- TOY BROKERS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2009-04-15 → present
- SEEBECK 26 LIMITED 2009-02-16 → 2009-04-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- TOY BROKERS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- John Adams Leisure Limited 100%
- Toy Brokers Limited 100%
- Thurling Limited 100%
- Peterkin Group Limited 100%
- Bema Sports Company Limited 100%
- John Adams Trading Company Limited 100%
- John Adams Leisure EU Limited 100%
- Peterkin UK Limited 100%
- Peterkin Toys EU Limited 100%
- John Adams Asia Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERD, Anthony Carson | Secretary | 2009-06-19 | — | British |
| KREMER, David Lytton | Director | 2009-06-19 | Feb 1964 | British |
| MOODY, Michael | Director | 2009-06-19 | Jun 1953 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Simon Richard | Director | 2009-04-27 | Mar 1967 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Anthony Carson | Director | 2009-06-19 | Feb 1948 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-16 | 2009-06-16 |
| ZANT-BOER, Ian Leslie | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2009-04-27 |
| EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-02-16 | 2009-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Richard Pilkington | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Carson Shepherd | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Lytton Kremer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Michael Richard Moody | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-06-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2018-03-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2018-03-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address |
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.