SIGNIFY COMMERCIAL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-13 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-30
Watchouts
Cash
£1K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
+20.9% vs 2023
Employees
163
-14.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+100.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- SIGNIFY COMMERCIAL UK LIMITED 2019-01-25 → present
- PHILIPS LIGHTING UK LIMITED 2015-06-03 → 2019-01-25
- ECS LIGHTING CONTROLS LIMITED 1999-11-04 → 2015-06-03
- IRIS LIGHTING LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1999-11-04
- LONGLAMPS LIMITED 1934-08-29 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £118,621,000 | £92,795,000 | |
| Operating profit | £866,000 | £1,354,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,097,000 | £2,204,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,232,000 | £1,987,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,333,000 | £30,077,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,493,000 | £11,480,000 | |
| Equity | £9,493,000 | £11,480,000 | |
| Average employees | 190 | 163 | |
| Wages | £12,265,000 | £10,364,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.68x | 3.51x | |
| Interest cover | 26.24x | 79.65x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2025, the company entered into a new office long-term lease agreement, which entailed a change of its registered address from 3 Guildford Business Park, Guildford, England, GU2 8XG to 2 Guildford Business Park, Guildford, England, GU2 8XG. This administrative change has no impact on the company's day-to-day operations or its ability to deliver services effectively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLNS, Lynn Margaret | Secretary | 2016-02-01 | — | — |
| BENNETT, James Steven | Director | 2025-12-19 | Aug 1975 | English |
| EL JAOHARI BENABOUD, Saloua | Director | 2025-10-31 | Dec 1980 | French |
| MILLNS, Lynn Margaret | Director | 2016-12-06 | Oct 1968 | Irish |
| SINGH, Gurpreet | Director | 2025-07-02 | May 1981 | Indian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Martin Robert | Secretary | 2007-04-01 | 2016-02-01 |
| BERTENSHAW, John Anthony | Secretary | — | 1997-06-02 |
| MORRIS, Michael Geoffrey | Secretary | 1997-06-02 | 2007-03-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Martin Robert | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2016-02-01 |
| BERTENSHAW, John Anthony | Director | — | 1997-06-02 |
| DE WEERT, Rob Jozef Lambertus | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2020-01-21 |
| DENNY, Maria Anna Katarina | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2024-02-09 |
| DUNN, Robert Edward | Director | 1996-08-19 | 2001-02-06 |
| LUMSDEN, Bren Diane | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2025-09-30 |
| MASKELL, Peter John | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2016-10-11 |
| MEADOWS, Stephen Robert | Director | 2024-09-05 | 2025-10-31 |
| MORRIS, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 1997-06-02 | 2007-03-31 |
| NICHOLL, David William | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2017-10-05 |
| PETRIE, Callum | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| POLA, Joao | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2020-11-02 |
| ROBINSON, John Michael | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
| ROUATT, Stephen James | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2022-11-30 |
| SECREST, Andre | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2018-09-27 |
| TRANTER, Graham | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2016-02-01 |
| TRANTER, Graham | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2010-11-01 |
| VAN DER MERWE, Petrus Johannes Nicolaas | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2025-12-12 |
| VIVASH, Hayden Paul | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2015-12-15 |
| WARAN, Prem | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2017-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signify Holding Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-11 | Active |
| Signify Holding B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-21.8%
£118,621,000 £92,795,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+20.9%
£9,493,000 £11,480,000
-
Employees
-14.2%
190 163
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Operating profit
+56.4%
£866,000 £1,354,000
-
Profit before tax
+100.9%
£1,097,000 £2,204,000
-
Wages
-15.5%
£12,265,000 £10,364,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers