WARPAINT COSMETICS (2014) LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +10.3%

  £55,376,412 → £61,095,296

  highest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +353.4%

  £1,023,943 → £4,642,679

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +77.7%

  £10,415,767 → £18,503,781

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +9.5%

  74 → 81

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +26.5%

  £14,148,965 → £17,901,429

  highest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  +26.8%

  £14,099,404 → £17,871,840

  highest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  +20.4%

  £3,525,904 → £4,244,901

  highest in 4 filed years

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “W7, with sales in 2024 increasing by 10% to £61.1 million, accounting for 64% of total Group revenue in 2024 (2023: £55.4 million/64%).”
• “In the UK, W7 revenue was up 9% year-on-year, representing 28% of W7 sales in the year (2023: 30%). During 2024 there was an approximate 2.5 times increase in the space allocated to W7 in Superdrug.”
• “In 2024, W7 sales in Europe grew by 21% to £36.8 million (2023: £30.4 million), representing 56% of W7 sales (2023: 53%).”
• “In the US, W7 sales grew by 23% to £7.8 million in 2024 (2023: £6.3 million), and accounted for 12% of overall W7 sales (2023: 11%).”
• “The decision to fit solar panels at the Company's head office and warehouse premises at The Ridgeway Trading Estate, Iver.”
• “The grant of share options to all Group employees with performance criteria in the options for Neil Rodol, Sally Craig and Matthew Goldstein.”
• “The renewal and extension of the contract with Ward & Hagon Management Consultancy LLP for a period of two years from 1 January 2024.”
• “The appointments of Indira Thambiah and Sharon Daly as Non-Executive Directors to the board on 1 January 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.