PRINCE EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£433k
-55.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£94m
+16.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
289
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£19m
+4.8% 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 | £99,085,000 | £91,516,000 | £97,003,000 | +6% | |
| Operating profit | £13,886,000 | £17,364,000 | £18,475,000 | +6.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £14,083,000 | £18,572,000 | £19,458,000 | +4.8% | |
| Net profit | £10,120,000 | £14,517,000 | £14,681,000 | +1.1% | |
| Cash | £1,375,000 | £972,000 | £433,000 | -55.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,175,000 | £90,138,000 | £103,592,000 | +14.9% | |
| Net assets | £66,252,000 | £80,658,000 | £93,890,000 | +16.4% | |
| Equity | £66,252,000 | £80,658,000 | £93,890,000 | +16.4% | |
| Average employees | 333 | 302 | 289 | -4.3% | |
| Wages | £10,017,000 | £7,666,000 | £7,982,000 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £294,000 | £231,000 | £182,000 | -21.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,000 | £19,000 | £22,000 | +15.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £111,737 | £231,000 | £182,000 | -21.2% |
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 | 14.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 15.9% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.0% | 19.3% | 17.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.0% | 28.3% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 3.98x | 3.78x | |
| Interest cover | 37.43x | 46.55x | 33.96x |
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
- PRINCE EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2014-11-28 → present
- PEH MINERALS LTD 2014-11-13 → 2014-11-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the Parent Company and the Group continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PRINCE EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Vibrantz Minerals Limited 100%
- Vibrantz Materials GmbH 100%
- Vibrantz Minerals SRL 100%
- Prince Erachem France SARL 100%
- Vibrantz Minerals Ltd 100%
- CDMA 49%
Significant events
- “On 26 June 2026, a dividend in specie of £70,000,000 was declared and settled by way of transfer of intercompany receivables owed by Ferro-Finco Ireland.”
- “Under a "Sale of Shares Agreement" with a closing date of 20 October 2025, the Group sold its investment in Prince Minerals SA Proprietary Limited, suffering a loss on disposal of operations of £892,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHARD, John Paul | Director | 2026-06-05 | Aug 1973 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERRY, Craig Robert | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2019-11-22 |
| FISH, Glenn | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2023-07-31 |
| FRAMPTON, Philip Peter Charles, Dr | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2026-06-05 |
| GEE, Matthew Peter | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2016-04-01 |
| LABORDE, Imelda | Director | 2025-01-03 | 2025-07-31 |
| NEWTON, David | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2025-01-03 |
| RADHAKRISHNAN, Kris | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2018-12-10 |
| ROPP, John Willson | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2019-12-02 |
| SCHOENFELDER, Ralf | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2022-07-29 |
| ST.GERMAINE, Kevin | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2015-12-03 |
| SUTTON, Scott | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2020-07-15 |
| TRUELOVE, Charles Kenneth James | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2019-04-08 |
| WEISS, Anthony | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2020-04-10 |
| WHITNEY, Mark | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2026-01-21 |
| WILCOX, Gary | Director | 2023-02-15 | 2023-07-31 |
| WOOLLEY, Gordon John | Director | 2022-05-17 | 2023-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vibrantz International Corp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.