SHISEIDO UK LIMITED
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† SHISEIDO UK LIMITED 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
2025Sector comparison
SIC 47750Where the company stands among the 5,361 active companies whose first SIC code is 47750 (Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores).
- SAVERS HEALTH AND BEAUTY LIMITED£172.3m
- JO MALONE LIMITED£145.2m
- PREMIER MOTLEY LIMITED£136.9m
- CARTOON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£68.9m
- TFS BUYING LIMITED£62.8m
- CHARLOTTE TILBURY BEAUTY LIMITED£59m
- FEDERICI BRANDS LTD£41.8m
- THE PERFUME SHOP LIMITED£33.6m
- SHISEIDO UK LIMITED£33m
- SPACE NK LIMITED£31.1m
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 5,361. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: SHISEIDO UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
SHISEIDO UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02797273. It was incorporated on 8 Mar 1993. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (WC2B). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores (47750).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £71,650,231. Profit for the year was £1,753,942. Net assets were £32,969,447, down 24.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £8,292,632. Total assets were £69,830,056 and total liabilities £36,065,566. The company had an average of 440 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 5,361 active companies whose first SIC code is 47750: By turnover it ranks higher than 79% of the 61 that publish turnover (median £50,366). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,015). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £15,642). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £6,980). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 2.5 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Creative Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly perfumery and cosmetics, paper and paperboard, glass. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 45 days to pay suppliers, and 32% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 33% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 8 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 17 Mar 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 82,957,123 | 71,650,231 |
| Profit for the year | 1,067,860 | 1,753,942 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 20,145,843 | 8,292,632 |
| Total assets | 85,362,661 | 69,830,056 |
| Total liabilities | 40,919,209 | 36,065,566 |
| Net assets / total equity | 43,715,505 | 32,969,447 |
| Average number of employees | 459 | 440 |
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 45 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 32%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 49%
- 31 to 60 days 38%
- After 60 days 13%
Earlier periods (6)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 39
- 55%
- 43%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 46
- 47%
- 62%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 40
- 48%
- 74%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 60
- 50%
- 58%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 50
- 45%
- 55%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 39
- 46%
- 54%
- Median hourly pay
- women 33% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 36% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 40% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 37% lower
- women 54% lower
- 2023/24
- women 37% lower
- women 56% lower
- 2022/23
- women 36% lower
- women 44% lower
- 2021/22
- women 39% lower
- women 44% lower
- 2020/21
- women 28% lower
- women 34% lower
- 2018/19
- women 24.3% lower
- women 30.2% lower
- 2017/18
- women 30% lower
- women 39.6% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
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
- Licence type and rating
- Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Creative Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: perfumery and cosmetics, soaps and waxes, plastics, leather goods and bags and tools and cutlery.
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, paper and paperboard, glass, plastics and leather goods and bags.
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
9 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £71.7m, net assets £33m, 440 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £83m, net assets £43.7m, 459 employees
- Name changed to SHISEIDO UK LIMITEDPreviously SHISEIDO GROUP UK LIMITED
- Name changed to SHISEIDO GROUP UK LIMITEDPreviously BARE ESCENTUALS UK LIMITED
- Marc Rene Yves Rey registered as a person with significant control
- Marc Rene Yves Rey ceased to be a person with significant control
- Shiseido Company, Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to BARE ESCENTUALS UK LIMITEDPreviously COSMECEUTICALS LIMITED
Earlier events (1)
- Company incorporatedPrivate 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.