SABRE RETAIL FASHION LIMITED
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Cash
£39m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£43m
Equity attributable
Employees
862
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20m
Period ending 2025-12-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £134,735,000 | £150,240,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £13,249,000 | £19,461,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £14,223,000 | £20,183,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £10,595,000 | £15,579,000 | — | |
| Cash | £28,993,000 | £38,997,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,888,000 | £46,212,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £37,992,000 | £43,337,000 | — | |
| Equity | £37,992,000 | £43,337,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 790 | 862 | — | |
| Wages | £16,476,000 | £19,175,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,445,000 | £1,255,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £652,000 | £509,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 13.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.4% | 42.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.3% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.26x | 2.40x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the strength of the Company's balance sheet, cash reserves, and cash projections for the period to December 2027, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (which under current UK generally accepted accounting principles means a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements).”
Significant events
- “A dividend of £15,000k was paid post period end to Mustard Global Limited.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN, Judith Anne | Secretary | 2016-03-21 | — | — |
| AGAR-REA, Lisa Diane | Director | 2012-03-21 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DAVIES, Peter Wynne | Director | 2012-03-21 | May 1949 | British |
| GRANT, Stuart Antony | Director | 2012-03-21 | Feb 1975 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Elizabeth Claire | Director | 2012-03-21 | Dec 1964 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Theodore Alban Edward | Director | 2022-05-19 | Jun 1985 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INMAN, Christopher | Secretary | 2012-03-21 | 2015-11-30 |
| CAVENDISH SQUARE SECRETARIAT | Corporate Secretary | 2015-11-30 | 2016-03-21 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-01-23 | 2012-03-21 |
| GROVES, Kara Eugenie | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2020-02-11 |
| HILDRED, Daniel James | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2012-03-21 |
| INMAN, Christopher | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2015-11-30 |
| RAWLINGS, Jane | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2015-11-30 |
| SIMS, Richard Mervyn | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2015-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustard Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-11-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.