KMI BRANDS LIMITED
Company number 04276412 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
KMI Brands Limited presents a mixed risk profile: operational improvements in cash management and inventory efficiency are positive, but sustained margin compression (gross profit -11%, PBT -17%) against minimal turnover growth (+3%) signals structural profitability challenges. The recent director resignation creating single-director governance, combined with dependence on licensed brands and a controlling parent entity, introduces concentration risks that require further investigation. The company is solvent and received a clean audit opinion, but the declining net asset trend and margin pressures suggest limited financial headroom for adverse scenarios.
Shareholders' funds
£6,755
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the creation and marketing of branded toiletries, fragrances and cosmetic preparations.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-08-24
- Employees
- 43 (2024 accounts · was 50 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 71 Kingsway, London, England, WC2B 6ST
- Postcode
- WC2B 6ST
- Capital
- 200 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-13
- Next due by
- 2027-08-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46450 Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
Officers 1 current · 17 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by KNOWLEDGE & MERCHANDISING INC. LTD — 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 — ZC177251 (Tier 2), registered since 2026.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- kmibrands.co.uk
Underpinned by long standing, best in class partnerships with global retailers, KMI unites and develops brands under license as well as its own portfolio.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| KNOWLEDGE & MERCHANDISING INC. BRANDS LIMITED | 2009-06-11 |
| FLORAROMA LIMITED | 2009-05-22 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| FLOOR 1 HARLEQUIN HOUSE 7 HIGH STREET, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, TW11 8EE | 2020-01-03 |
| C/O KMI BRANDS, PO BOX 7, FLOOR 1 HARLEQUIN HOUSE, HIGH STREET, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, TW11 8EE, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-09-15 |
| 17-19 CHILTERN COURT ASHERBRIDGE ROAD, CHESHAM, BUCKS, HP52 PX | 2009-12-21 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 10/04/2008 FROM, PANNELL HOUSE, PARK STREET, GUILDFORD, SURREY, GU1 4HN | 2008-04-10 |
| PANNELL HOUSE, PARK STREET, GUILDFORD, SURREY, GU1 4HN | 2008-04-10 |
| MOUNT MANOR HOUSE, 16 THE MOUNT GUILDFORD, SURREY GU2 4HS | 2007-07-28 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 171 similar companies in WC
The largest employer among its local peers (43 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2001.
Competitors London
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3. WAER LIMITED
This company ranks 32 among wholesale of perfume and cosmetics in London.
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,159 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.