SIGN SPECIALISTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
65
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£657K
+138.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,227,176 | £8,854,348 | |
| Operating profit | £261,092 | £626,623 | |
| Profit before tax | £275,752 | £657,408 | |
| Net profit | £194,702 | £481,414 | |
| Cash | £2,489,191 | £2,236,651 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,291,113 | £5,640,411 | |
| Net assets | £4,933,187 | £5,414,601 | |
| Equity | £4,933,187 | £5,414,601 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 65 | |
| Wages | £2,330,742 | £2,341,205 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.0% | 22.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.28x | 3.61x | |
| Interest cover | 10.82x | 115.44x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TISDALE, Heath | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | — | — |
| FERREDAY, Michael Robert | Director | 2015-02-16 | Oct 1964 | British |
| GREEN, Richard Maxwell | Director | 2009-03-01 | Feb 1957 | British |
| MARLOW, Anthony | Director | 2023-12-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| TISDALE, Denise | Director | 2008-01-01 | Jul 1956 | British |
| TISDALE, Heath | Director | 1996-07-29 | Apr 1966 | British |
| TISDALE, Richard Edward | Director | — | Jan 1947 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANELLI, Paul | Secretary | 2011-08-30 | 2015-04-30 |
| HILSON, Brian George | Secretary | 1996-07-29 | 2011-08-30 |
| TISDALE, Michael George | Secretary | — | 1996-07-29 |
| ANELLI, Paul | Director | 2014-10-02 | 2015-04-30 |
| BLOOM, Harold | Director | — | 1994-07-18 |
| GREEN, Richard Maxwell | Director | — | 2001-09-28 |
| HILSON, Brian George | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2011-08-30 |
| LLOYD, Sean Peter | Director | 1996-07-29 | 1998-02-06 |
| MARLOW, Anthony | Director | 2001-10-22 | 2011-02-28 |
| ROWE, Vivian Bernard | Director | — | 2017-08-30 |
| TISDALE, Alan William | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| TISDALE, Dennis Edward | Director | — | 2007-11-26 |
| TISDALE, Michael George | Director | — | 2006-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Heath Tisdale | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-12-12 | Active |
| Mr Alan William Tisdale | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-12 |
| Mr Richard Edward Tisdale | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-4%
£9,227,176 £8,854,348
-
Cash
-10.1%
£2,489,191 £2,236,651
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£4,933,187 £5,414,601
-
Employees
-7.1%
70 65
-
Operating profit
+140%
£261,092 £626,623
-
Profit before tax
+138.4%
£275,752 £657,408
-
Wages
+0.4%
£2,330,742 £2,341,205
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