WILD COSMETICS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
-39.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.4m
-48.3% vs 2024
Employees
111
+24.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£8m
-869.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | — | — | £46,905,404 | £66,084,626 | £94,967,381 | +43.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £556,769 | £938,510 | -£7,749,635 | -925.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £509,166 | £1,045,456 | -£8,046,208 | -869.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,575,487 | £663,506 | -£4,144,773 | -724.7% | |
| Cash | £1,383,544 | £4,072,767 | £6,910,272 | £3,785,781 | £2,291,600 | -39.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,635,120 | £4,670,459 | £9,010,312 | £8,745,539 | £4,417,926 | -49.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,615,362 | £4,636,107 | £7,671,219 | £8,527,562 | £4,407,586 | -48.3% | |
| Equity | £1,615,362 | £4,636,107 | £7,671,219 | £8,527,562 | £4,407,586 | -48.3% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 20 | 57 | 89 | 111 | +24.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,673,023 | £4,248,571 | £7,465,022 | +75.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £190,000 | £240,229 | £69,000 | -71.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £5,548 | £7,281 | £1,840 | -74.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £120,115 | — | — |
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 | — | — | 1.2% | 1.4% | -8.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.4% | 1.0% | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 6.2% | 10.7% | -175.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.8% | 46.7% | 62.3% | 60.2% | 89.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.69x | 1.58x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 8.44x | — | -22.72x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. ... the company's parent company has provided a formal letter of support confirming its intention to provide adequate financial resources to the company for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On April 1st, 2025, Wild was acquired by Unilever. Following the exercise of share options, all existing shareholders sold their entire shareholdings to a single new shareholder.”
- “On 31 March 2026, Unilever PLC announced that it has entered into an agreement to combine its Foods business with McCormick & Company, Inc ('McCormick').”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANICH, Annita Alda Eleonore | Director | 2025-07-24 | Jun 1970 | Dutch |
| HODSON, Gwyneth Allison | Director | 2026-07-16 | Jul 1974 | British |
| WINNACK, Jack Andrei Geoffrey | Director | 2025-07-24 | May 1990 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTOEN, Koen | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2025-04-01 |
| BOWES-LYON, Charles David | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2025-04-01 |
| SULLIVAN, Joseph | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2025-07-24 |
| WAIDA, Isabel Grit, Dr | Director | 2025-07-24 | 2026-07-16 |
| WARD, Frederick Peter Neven | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2025-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unilever U.K. Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Frederick Peter Neven Ward | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-24 | Ceased 2025-04-01 |
| Mr Charles David Bowes-Lyon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-24 | Ceased 2020-09-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-25 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.