DIGNITY SECURITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-02
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-2.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£112K
-86.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-02.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- DIGNITY SECURITIES LIMITED 2001-09-03 → present
- DIGNITY LIMITED 1993-12-13 → 2001-09-03
- DIGNITY IN DESTINY LIMITED 1988-10-31 → 1993-12-13
- INGALL FUNERALS LIMITED 1987-07-01 → 1988-10-31
- HODGSON & SONS LIMITED 1986-05-16 → 1987-07-01
- F.W.COLLINS & SON(FUNERAL DIRECTORS)LIMITED 1941-12-05 → 1986-05-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£60,000 | -£112,000 | |
| Net profit | -£60,000 | -£112,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,565,000 | £4,453,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,815,000 | £3,703,000 | |
| Equity | £3,815,000 | £3,703,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 3.37x | 3.25x |
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 operates as part of the Dignity Group Holdings Limited group ('Dignity Group') and is one of a number of entities within that group which are part of a Securitisation Group established in connection with the Dignity Group's Secured Notes. The ability of the Dignity Group to meet its obligations under the A Notes and B Notes is entirely dependent on the ability of other members of the Securitisation Group to meet their obligations under loan agreements between those entities and the Company.”
Significant events
- “The Dignity Limited Trust Fund ceased actively selling funeral plans in 1995 although a small number of "add-on" plans covering additional clients' requirements are sold. Since then, The Dignity Limited Trust Fund has effectively been a "closed fund".”
- “The loan from Phoenix UK Fund Limited was partially repaid in January and March 2025 with the residual £11.0 million waived. A new loan was received and drawn from Phoenix UK Fund Limited for £4.7 million, repayable in January 2028 with an interest rate of 7%, rising to 15% from 31 December 2025. In addition to the above, the Dignity Group repaid the £1.0 million loan with SPWOne Limited in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYNG-THORNE, Zillah Ellen | Director | 2024-06-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
| TATE, Emily Sarah | Director | 2025-07-11 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLOP, Jane | Secretary | 2025-05-16 | 2026-01-09 |
| GEORGE, Timothy Francis | Secretary | 2018-11-08 | 2023-07-31 |
| HEATHCOTE, Steven Trevor | Secretary | — | 1992-12-08 |
| MAFFEI, Westley Anthony | Secretary | 2023-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| MIDDLETON, Ronald Alfred Wilson | Secretary | 1992-12-08 | 1996-11-04 |
| PORTMAN, Richard Harry | Secretary | 2004-04-16 | 2018-11-27 |
| WILLIAMSON, Robert Douglas | Secretary | 1997-02-10 | 2004-04-16 |
| BURGESS, Stephen Denis | Director | 1993-11-02 | 1997-11-26 |
| CHANNON, Gary Andrew Scott | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2022-11-16 |
| DAVIDSON, Kate Alexandra | Director | 2022-02-06 | 2024-01-31 |
| EAMES, Angela | Director | 2022-11-10 | 2023-06-28 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2024-06-01 |
| FOX, Stephen | Director | — | 1991-07-31 |
| GRISON, Bruno | Director | — | 1994-09-06 |
| HILLMAN-EADY, Marcus | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2000-11-13 |
| HINDLEY, Peter Talbot | Director | 1991-09-05 | 2008-12-29 |
| HODE, Jean Michel | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2001-10-08 |
| HODSON, Graham Philip | Director | 1991-07-12 | 1991-11-27 |
| JUDD, Andrew | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-04-01 |
| LATHBURY, Alan | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-02-06 |
| LEROUGE, Philippe William Claude | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2002-02-10 |
| LONG, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-07-11 |
| MCCOLLUM, Michael Kinloch | Director | 2002-02-10 | 2020-04-03 |
| MEAKIN, David Steventon | Director | — | 1991-07-31 |
| MIDDLETON, Ronald Alfred Wilson | Director | — | 1996-11-04 |
| OGDEN, Darren | Director | 2023-06-28 | 2023-10-01 |
| PITCHFORD, Christopher | Director | 1991-09-05 | 1995-06-01 |
| PORTMAN, Richard Harry | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2020-12-14 |
| RAMSHAW, Simon | Director | — | 1992-03-10 |
| WHEATLEY, John Ernest Morgan | Director | — | 1993-05-01 |
| WHITTERN, Stephen Lee | Director | 2008-12-29 | 2020-12-14 |
| WILLS, Peter George | Director | 1994-10-24 | 2000-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Services | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£3,815,000 £3,703,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-86.7%
-£60,000 -£112,000
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