Rainbow Cosmetics (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: RAINBOW COSMETICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of H&J Sharman Holdings Limited groupRainbow Cosmetics (Holdings) Limited made £0 revenue and £10.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Rainbow Cosmetics (Holdings) Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.7k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is H&J Sharman Holdings Limited, a company registered in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £79.5k | £38.2k | £13.6k |
| Profit after tax | £63.7k | £28.7k | £10.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £63.7k | £28.7k | £10.7k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 | — |
| Profit per employee | £21.2k | £14.4k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.9% | ▼62.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼33.3% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £5.7m | £29.7k | £40.4k |
| Fixed assets | £295k | £271k | £369k |
| Debtors | £5.4m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £3.3k | £3.3k | £3.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲36%
- Now £40.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £3.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £369k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- H&J Sharman Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rainbow Cosmetics (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Rainbow Cosmetics (Manchester) LimitedRev. £29.2m · Profit £573k
- Active Cosmetics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brit Beauty LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Face UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M45 Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Perfume Plus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ses Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seven Seas Merchants LtdFigures not disclosed
- Stanley Freight Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Stanley Road Freight Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Whitefield Transport LtdFigures not disclosed
- Worldwide Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Ses Wholesale LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £10.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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