Card Factory

Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Card Factory

Card Factory PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2026Group consolidated12 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Wakefield, classed under “Other retail sale in non-specialised stores”.

Headline figures

FY to Jan 2026 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£31.2m

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

3 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202420252026
Profit after tax£31.2m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202420252026
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Shares
    Cancellation of shares by a PLC. Statement of capital on 6 October 2026 · GBP 3,322,298.13 (and 25 more like it since 22 June 2026)
  2. Shares
    Purchase of own shares (and 19 more like it since 22 June 2026)
  3. Shares
    Purchase of own shares. Shares purchased into treasury: · GBP 32,538.4 (and 6 more like it since 7 January 2026)
  4. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 January 2026
  5. Filing
    Resolutions (and 3 more like it since 5 July 2023)
  6. Shares
    Sale or transfer of treasury shares. Treasury capital: · GBP 26,428.4 (and 4 more like it since 22 January 2026)
  7. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Robert Gerard Mcwilliam on 14 November 2025
  8. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 13 October 2025 · GBP 3,515,959.22 (and 23 more like it since 21 July 2023)
  9. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 January 2025
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Nathan Lane as a director on 26 July 2024
  11. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 January 2024
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Roger Mark Whiteside as a director on 20 June 2024
  13. 5 earlier
    1. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Pamela Powell as a director on 21 June 2024
    2. Charges
      Registration of charge 090027470003, created on 26 April 2024
    3. Filing
      Auditor's resignation
    4. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 January 2023
    5. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Matthias Alexander Seeger as a director on 22 May 2023

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Card Factory do?

Public limited company registered in Wakefield, classed under “Other retail sale in non-specialised stores”. In its own words: “We are the UK's leading specialist retailer of cards, gifts and celebration essentials.”

›How much turnover does Card Factory make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Card Factory profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £31.2m in the year to 31 January 2026, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Card Factory?

Its directors are Ciaran Joseph Stone, Robert Gerard McWilliam, Paul Stephen Moody, Pamela Powell, Matthias Alexander Seeger and 2 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Card Factory based?

Its registered office is Century House Brunel Road, 41 Industrial Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XG, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

›When was Card Factory founded?

Card Factory PLC was incorporated on 17 April 2014.

›Is Card Factory still trading?

The register lists Card Factory PLC as active.

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