LOVECRAFTS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
Cash
£424K
-78.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£33M
-138.8% vs 2023
Employees
190
-21.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£21M
-50% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
In summary, the directors have concluded that the requirement for continued funding from MSQ and other external sources as a path to profitability, represents a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The board is however confident that there is a reasonable probability of funding being secured, and therefore has a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period at least twelve months from the date of approval of this report. On this basis, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amount or classification of assets and liabilities that would result if the Group were unable to continue as a going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,747,587 | £38,083,735 | |
| Operating profit | -£8,630,457 | -£7,368,021 | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,905,805 | -£20,857,978 | |
| Net profit | -£13,720,031 | -£19,976,419 | |
| Cash | £1,948,097 | £424,102 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£9,595,816 | -£28,690,280 | |
| Net assets | -£13,765,121 | -£32,864,665 | |
| Equity | -£13,765,121 | -£32,864,665 | |
| Average employees | 242 | 190 | |
| Wages | £9,706,886 | £7,681,835 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £358,114 | £402,689 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
-20.2%
£47,747,587 £38,083,735
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Cash
-78.2%
£1,948,097 £424,102
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Net assets
-138.8%
-£13,765,121 -£32,864,665
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Employees
-21.5%
242 190
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Operating profit
+14.6%
-£8,630,457 -£7,368,021
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Profit before tax
-50%
-£13,905,805 -£20,857,978
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Wages
-20.9%
£9,706,886 £7,681,835
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.1% | -19.3% | |
| Net margin | -28.7% | -52.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 89.9% | 25.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | -1.64x | -0.55x |
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
- LOVECRAFTS GROUP LIMITED 2019-06-17 → present
- LOVECRAFTS COLLECTIVE LIMITED 2015-02-09 → 2019-06-17
- BROADMARGINS LIMITED 2010-03-17 → 2015-02-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“In summary, the directors have concluded that the requirement for continued funding from MSQ and other external sources as a path to profitability, represents a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The board is however confident that there is a reasonable probability of funding being secured, and therefore has a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period at least twelve months from the date of approval of this report. On this basis, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amount or classification of assets and liabilities that would result if the Group were unable to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LOVECRAFTS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Lovecrafts Makers Limited 100%
- Lovecrafts Inc 100%
- Valley Fibers Corporation 100%
- Lovecrafts Ukraine LLC 100%
- Debbie Bliss Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the financial year end, a growth capital facility of £1,000,000 was granted by Triplepoint LLC in four equal tranches of £250,000 each. Of this, two tranches amounting to £500,000 were made available post year end and the remaining tranches were to be made available subject to approval from Triple Point LLC. Furthermore, the growth capital facility was extended by an additional £200,000. The repayment date of all facilities with Triplepoint Capital LLC was extended from 31 May 2024 to 31 December 2024. These funding packages were to finance a sale of the business.”
- “On 20 September 2024, Lovecrafts Group Limited was acquired by Creative Fiber Holdings Inc., an entity incorporated in United States of America. As of this date, Creative Fiber Holdings Inc. became the ultimate parent undertaking of the group.”
- “As consequence of the acquisition, the following updates were made to the Group: Growth capital, revolving inventory finance and acquisition loan facilities held with Triplepoint Capital LLC were written off and restated to a value of $12,100,000. The warrants associated with these facilities were cancelled. The repayment of this debt is subject to EBITDA thresholds. The deferred consideration in relation to the amounts due from the acquisition of Valley Fibers Corporation in prior years was written down to a value equivalent to $300,000. The unsecured deeply discounted convertible loan notes and unsecured deep discounted optionally convertible loan notes were written off. All share options issued to employees of the group were cancelled. Share capital in Lovecrafts Group Limited was consolidated into a single share class.”
- “The company is now being supported by Missouri Star Quilt (MSQ) a company related to, Creative Fiber Holdings Inc, by virtue of common ownership. Under new ownership, further cost savings have been made and £3,500,000 of funding support has been provided to Lovecrafts Group Ltd by MSQ since the acquisition date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Jeffrey Thomas | Director | 2024-09-30 | Oct 1978 | American |
| STRAIN, Nicole | Director | 2024-09-30 | Oct 1973 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAZALGETTE, Peter Lytton, Sir | Director | 2018-04-05 | 2024-09-30 |
| COCKER, Paul Andrew | Director | 2013-08-19 | 2015-07-23 |
| ESIRI, Mark Leslie Vivian | Director | 2013-08-19 | 2018-04-12 |
| FREEMAN, Cherry Louise | Director | 2013-08-19 | 2019-03-19 |
| GARRETT, Laurence Roy | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2024-09-30 |
| GOODRIDGE, Paul Garnet George | Director | 2022-01-20 | 2022-07-01 |
| GRIFFITH, Edward James | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2024-09-30 |
| PATERSON, Stuart | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2024-09-30 |
| WATERHOUSE, Daniel David | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2024-09-30 |
| WEEDALL, Lynne Marie | Director | 2022-01-20 | 2022-07-01 |
| WHITEOAK, Nigel Andrew | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2024-09-30 |
| WHITEOAK, Nigel Andrew | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2011-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Equity Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-12-29 | Ceased 2022-05-23 |
| Edward James Griffith | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.