BUGABOO UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+37.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9m
+13.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
20
-4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£638k
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,302,696 | £20,985,182 | £20,697,906 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £659,310 | £653,679 | £637,596 | -2.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £656,437 | £653,055 | £637,596 | -2.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £498,968 | £488,398 | £476,423 | -2.5% | |
| Cash | £6,107 | £465,217 | £1,899,565 | £1,286,026 | £1,770,281 | +37.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,146,029 | £2,075,494 | £2,982,274 | £3,473,998 | £3,977,024 | +14.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,661,121 | £1,874,791 | £2,971,176 | £3,459,574 | £3,935,997 | +13.8% | |
| Equity | £1,661,121 | £1,874,791 | £2,971,176 | £3,459,574 | £3,935,997 | +13.8% | |
| Average employees | 10 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | -4.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,439,599 | £2,304,512 | £1,776,423 | -22.9% | |
| 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. 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 22.1% | 18.8% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.6% | 76.1% | 75.5% | 70.8% | 67.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.32x | 1.41x | 1.46x |
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
- Rouse Audit LLP
- 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”
Significant events
- “The company has granted security over its assets in favor of Natixis, London Branch in connection with a credit facility provided to its parent undertaking, MC Lion B.V.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERTAGENT LTD. | Corporate Secretary | 2011-09-23 | — | — |
| RUBENKAMP, Michiel Alfons Johannes | Director | 2019-05-20 | Mar 1968 | Dutch |
| THIERRY, Jan Jacob Adriaan, Mr. | Director | 2020-04-01 | Feb 1972 | Dutch |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROTE, Heinrich Anton | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2017-04-01 |
| HAAIJER, Ilona | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2019-09-19 |
| KLAASSEN, Maria Helena | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2019-05-20 |
| PIETERSE, Johannes Hendrik | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2012-01-01 |
| VAN NEERVEN, Maarten Pieter Willem | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-05-01 |
| VELDHUIS, Mieke | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2018-06-01 |
| WITTE, Maarten Jacob | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2018-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugaboo International B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-23 | Ceased 2016-09-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-01-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2020-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.