STAR BRANDS MANUFACTURING LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
Cash
£170K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
Equity attributable
Employees
269
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2025-08-31
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
1-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,370,139 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,469,460 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,469,460 | |
| Net profit | -£1,486,705 | |
| Cash | £170,439 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,325,466 | |
| Net assets | £3,943,457 | |
| Equity | £3,943,457 | |
| Average employees | 269 | |
| Wages | £10,269,276 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -27.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the financial period, the company and the wider Star Brands Group were acquired by RPM UK Holdco Ltd, a subsidiary of RPM International Inc., a US listed company...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE BACKER, Hilde Maria Eleonora | Director | 2025-12-18 | Apr 1969 | Belgian |
| KAVANAGH, John Patrick | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jan 1964 | American |
| KISTLER, Jeffrey Wayne | Director | 2025-04-30 | Dec 1972 | American |
| LOWDON, Thomas James | Director | 2025-04-30 | Dec 1983 | British |
| NORTH, Timothy Michael Holbrook | Director | 2024-03-08 | Oct 1965 | British |
| PADE, Henrik Nygaard | Director | 2024-03-08 | Sep 1962 | British |
| THOMAS, Gavin Stuart | Director | 2024-03-08 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAULDING, William Lee | Director | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Brands Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-27 | Active |
| Star Brands Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-08 | Ceased 2024-06-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-05-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.