EMPOWERED BRANDS LIMITED
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Cash
£8.7K
-95.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£9.3M
-30.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
16
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £104,905 | -£489,088 | -566.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | — | — | £173,954 | £177,904 | £8,671 | -95.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £99,954 | £101,544 | £5,483,416 | £5,453,391 | £4,533,783 | -16.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£5,830,057 | -£7,100,845 | -£9,297,089 | -30.9% | |
| Equity | — | £101,544 | -£5,830,057 | -£7,100,845 | -£9,297,089 | -30.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 16 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 1.9% | -10.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.82x | 0.97x | 0.86x |
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
- EMPOWERED BRANDS LIMITED 2021-03-31 → present
- ESPRIT HOLDCO LIMITED 2020-06-10 → 2021-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- M Chilton Accountancy Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
Significant events
- “Exceptional items relate to a company re-structure within the group and to legal fees in relation to brand defence.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COTTAM, Jonathan Daniel Nicholas | Director | 2025-02-20 | Dec 1981 | British |
| NICHOLLS, Pietro | Director | 2020-06-10 | Mar 1984 | British |
| PETERSON, Sumayya Tahera | Director | 2024-01-11 | Mar 1974 | British |
| PIERCE, Jose-Carlos Rawdon | Director | 2024-01-11 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONSALVES, Eve Frances | Secretary | 2020-06-23 | 2023-10-26 |
| CRONEY, Peter James | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2024-05-31 |
| DONOHUE, Fintan Mary | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2022-06-30 |
| GONSALVES, Eve Frances | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2023-10-26 |
| HALL, Philip John | Director | 2022-05-31 | 2023-04-30 |
| JEMPSON, John Alexander | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2023-09-21 |
| KING, Neil Graham | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2022-05-31 |
| PHILPOTT, Stephen John Randall | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2022-06-30 |
| PINNER, Mark | Director | 2023-04-27 | 2025-01-07 |
| SPATICCHIA, Jan Franco | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2021-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rm Secured Direct Lending Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.