POTTER & MOORE PLC

Active
Company number 01227964Public limited companyIncorporated 1975

Key figures

£25,928,000+7.0%
Net assets 2025/26
+5.2%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2025/26
010 m20 m30 m2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26

† POTTER & MOORE PLC filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 20420

Where the company stands among the 2,435 active companies whose first SIC code is 20420 (Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations).

Turnover£53,849,000
Higher than 84% · median £16,549,976 among 39 that publish turnover
Net assets£25,928,000
Higher than 99% · median £540
Total assets£26,508,000
Higher than 97% · median £14,817
Cash£3,630,000
Higher than 96% · median £23,559
Employees379
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age51.1 years
Older than 99% · median 1.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ISLESTARR HOLDINGS LIMITED£208.4m
  2. ELEMIS LIMITED£117.6m
  3. GILLETTE U.K. LIMITED£107.3m
  4. CPL AROMAS LIMITED£64.7m
  5. FRAGRANCE OILS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED£58m
  6. COTY MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED£50.3m
  7. PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY SYSTEMS LIMITED£42.2m
  8. KAO (UK) LIMITED£28.3m
  9. FIRMENICH UK LIMITED£27.9m
  10. POTTER & MOORE PLC£25.9m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,435. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: POTTER & MOORE PLC

What kind of company is it?

POTTER & MOORE PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01227964. It was incorporated on 29 Sep 1975. Its status is active. The registered office is in Peterborough (PE4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations (20420).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £53,849,000. Profit for the year was £2,092,000. Net assets were £25,928,000, up 7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £3,630,000. Total assets were £26,508,000 and total liabilities £13,782,000. The company had an average of 379 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020/21–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,435 active companies whose first SIC code is 20420: By turnover it ranks higher than 84% of the 39 that publish turnover (median £16,549,976). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £540). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £14,817). By cash it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £23,559). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 1.6 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly paper and paperboard, perfumery and cosmetics, miscellaneous chemicals. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, printed matter. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

4 of 11 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Jan 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2022/23

No dividends were paid in the financial year.

History
2022/23£0
2021/22£428,000
2020/21£421,000
Filed accounts2020/21–2025/26
2021/222022/232023/242024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover61,157,00058,567,00053,194,00054,066,00053,849,000
Profit for the year3,110,000514,000-3,527,0002,452,0002,092,000
Cash at bank and in hand840,0001,653,0003,138,0003,659,0003,630,000
Total assets47,848,00045,540,00036,142,00024,228,00026,508,000
Total liabilities22,170,00020,061,00014,087,00013,914,00013,782,000
Net assets / total equity25,678,00025,479,00022,055,00024,223,00025,928,000
Average number of employees———378379
Dividends paid428,0000———

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements3
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (POTTER & MOORE INNOVATIONS LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (POTTER & MOORE INNOVATIONS LIMITED)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (POTTER & MOORE INNOVATIONS LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 7 of the last 12 months on record, most recently June 2026. Main goods: paper and paperboard, perfumery and cosmetics, miscellaneous chemicals, soaps and waxes and iron and steel articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes and printed matter.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

10 events
  1. Name changed to POTTER & MOORE PLCPreviously CREIGHTONS PLC
  2. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £53.8m, net assets £25.9m, 379 employees
  3. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £54.1m, net assets £24.2m, 378 employees
  4. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £53.2m, net assets £22.1m
  5. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £58.6m, net assets £25.5m
  6. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £61.2m, net assets £25.7m
  7. Mr William Oliver Mcilroy ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £61.6m, net assets £20.1m
Earlier events (2)
  1. Mr William Oliver Mcilroy registered as a person with significant control
  2. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.