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Cash

£6.5M

-44.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£55M

+6.4% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

357

+15.2% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£4.7M

-18.2% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30 Δ vs prior
Turnover £45,412,142£50,581,627£60,754,124 +20.1%
Operating profit £5,456,497£5,628,714£4,714,529 -16.2%
Profit before tax £5,595,478£5,808,214£4,748,668 -18.2%
Net profit £499,866£1,299,888£998,021£4,150,050£4,139,184£3,334,519 -19.4%
Cash £76,406£46,294£104,315£13,105,225£11,857,207£6,541,171 -44.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £4,237,736£4,629,805£5,562,826£49,432,465£53,486,662£56,926,000 +6.4%
Net assets £3,423,355£4,593,243£5,526,264£48,044,257£52,026,495£55,366,531 +6.4%
Equity £4,593,243£43,840,709£48,044,257£52,026,495£55,366,531 +6.4%
Average employees 000308310357 +15.2%
Wages £0£0£0£11,570,756£13,347,894£16,151,361 +21%
Directors' remuneration £1,532,358£1,090,654£1,745,800 +60.1%

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 2020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin 12.0%11.1%7.8%
Net margin 9.1%8.2%5.5%
Return on capital employed 11.0%10.5%8.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 17.5%19.9%
Current ratio 5.38x4.39x3.52x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
Dains Audit (Scotland) Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“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 group's and parent 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.”

Group structure

  1. PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
    1. Professional Beauty Systems Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of hair products
    2. Hive of Beauty Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of skincare products
    3. Jerome Russell Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of haircare prodcuts
    4. The Knot Dr Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of haircare products
    5. FFOR Haircare Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of skincare products
    6. Beauty Solutions Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of skincare products
    7. Laboratoire Ariland 100% · France · Manufacture and sale of hair products
    8. Fade Out Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of skincare products
    9. Shrine Holding Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Holding company
    10. Shrine Retail Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of hair products
    11. Nanogen Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of skincare products
    12. Herb U.K. (Holdings) Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Holding company
    13. Herb U.K. Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of hair products
    14. Bio-Health Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Manufacture and sale of hair products
    15. Herb U.K. North American Distribution Inc 100% · USA · Manufacture and sale of hair products
    16. Organic Colour Systems Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant company
    17. Pin-Up Perm Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant company
    18. HUK Europe Limited 100% · Ireland · Dormant company
    19. Herb U.K. Australasia Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Dormant company
    20. Tints of Nature Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant company
    21. Organic Colour Systems (New Zealand) Ltd 100% · New Zealand · Dormant company

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

People

5 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen Secretary 2024-09-27
HEGARTY, Gerald Patrick Director 2006-12-29 Oct 1940 British
MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances Director 2023-12-07 Mar 1967 British
MACDONOUGH, Stephen James Director 2010-10-01 Mar 1962 British
MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen Director 2017-01-04 Apr 1974 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AITKEN, Brian Secretary 2006-12-29 2024-09-27
AITKEN, Brian Director 2006-12-29 2020-12-09
CONNOLLY, Michael John Director 2006-12-29 2007-11-22
MACDONOUGH, Colette Frances Director 2015-06-19 2023-09-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Gerard Patrick Hegarty Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 66 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2026-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-01-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-09-27 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-09-27 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-01-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-12-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-12-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2022-12-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2021-12-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2020-12-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2020-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-07-03 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

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.

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