KC BRANDS LIMITED
Company number 05581094 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
KC Brands Limited represents a well-positioned niche specialist with a decade-long track record of exceptional value creation, growing net assets at approximately 19% CAGR through disciplined reinvestment and brand-led differentiation in the children's swimwear market. The recent corporate rebrand from "Splash About International" to "KC Brands" signals a deliberate strategic evolution from single-brand operator to multi-brand platform, unlocking significant portfolio expansion opportunities while leveraging existing distribution infrastructure and customer trust. The primary strategic challenges center on managing the newly introduced debt structure alongside a slight net asset decline in 2025, mitigating inventory concentration risk across £3.4M of stock, and executing the brand architecture transition without diluting the hard-won "Splash About" equity that underpins the company's competitive position.
Shareholders' funds
£6,195,186
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-10-03
- Employees
- 49 (2025 accounts · was 41 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 2 Kiln Lane Trading Estate, Stallingborough, Grimsby, England, DN41 8DY
- Postcode
- DN41 8DY
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-27
- Next due by
- 2027-03-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Officers 3 current · 9 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by KIDDY CLOUD LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB046111 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- splashabout.com
- Phone
- 08455280831, 01472236465, 03031231113
Swimwear & Swimming Aids for Babies, Toddlers & Kids | Splash About UK
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SPLASH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 2026-09-21 |
| NODDY ESTATES LIMITED | 2006-05-18 |
Previous registered addresses 10
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| INNOVATION CENTRE INNOVATION WAY, EUROPARC, GRIMSBY, DN37 9TT, ENGLAND | 2019-11-13 |
| 37 THE AVENUE, HEALING, GRIMSBY, SOUTH HUMBERSIDE, DN41 7NA | 2016-08-22 |
| 72 WISTERIA DRIVE, HEALING, GRIMSBY, SOUTH HUMBERSIDE, DN41 7JS, ENGLAND | 2013-01-18 |
| 18 WISTERIA DRIVE, HEALING, GRIMSBY, SOUTH HUMBERSIDE, DN41 7JS, ENGLAND | 2011-12-07 |
| 72 WISTERIA DRIVE, HEALING, GRIMSBY, SOUTH HUMBERSIDE, DN41 7JS, ENGLAND | 2011-11-29 |
| C/O MAZARS, 37 FREDERICK PLACE, BRIGHTON, BN1 4EA, ENGLAND | 2011-11-29 |
| 49 COLLINGWOOD COURT, BRIGHTON MARINA VILLAGE, BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX, BN2 5WJ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-11-10 |
| 264 HIGH STREET, BECKENHAM, KENT, BR3 1DZ | 2010-07-22 |
| 1 OSBORNE ROAD JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR, NE2 2AA | 2008-02-08 |
| 3 MARLBOROUGH ROAD, LANCING, SUSSEX, BN15 8UF | 2006-04-28 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 26 similar companies in DN
2nd largest employer among its local peers (49 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2005.
No.2 of the largest wholesale of clothing and footwear companies in Doncaster →
Competitors Doncaster
This company ranks 2 among wholesale of clothing and footwear in Doncaster.
The class of 2005
26%
of the 261 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 70% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.