DESIGNPLAN LIGHTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£789K
-52.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+16.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
127
+2.4% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-29.6% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,656,095 | — | £20,191,709 | £17,829,483 | |
| Operating profit | — | £538,485 | — | £2,552,745 | £1,604,347 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £539,185 | £1,220,231 | £2,646,023 | £1,861,576 | |
| Net profit | — | £404,440 | £954,508 | £1,982,527 | £1,418,545 | |
| Cash | — | £726,768 | £1,915,185 | £1,672,068 | £789,210 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,377,317 | £5,098,660 | £4,922,585 | £5,406,754 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,746,675 | £4,401,183 | £4,133,710 | £4,802,255 | |
| Equity | £4,142,235 | £3,746,675 | £4,401,183 | £4,133,710 | £4,802,255 | |
| Average employees | — | 113 | 111 | 124 | 127 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,738,731 | £5,773,079 |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.9% | — | 12.6% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.0% | — | 9.8% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 12.3% | — | 51.9% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.86x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | 10558.53x | — | — | — |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“This confidence is evidenced by the company outperforming the economic growth of its home markets in both revenue and profit between 2021-23 and carrying a strong order book, large opportunity bank and sustaining cash reserves. This provides further assurance that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at a minimum for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Consequently, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- DESIGNPLAN LIGHTING LIMITED · parent
- Designplan Leuchten GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “The company has taken the step to formalise our German business into a GmbH on 31 December 2024, with that new entity commencing to trade from 1 January 2025.”
- “On 31 December 2024, the company disposed of its German branch to a newly incorporated company, Designplan Leuchten GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, David Kevin | Director | 2011-12-12 | Feb 1968 | British |
| MARCHANT, Luke John | Director | 2021-08-23 | Nov 1981 | British |
| MUIR, Philip George | Director | 2018-06-27 | Feb 1969 | British |
| PRALORAN, Stéphanie | Director | 2023-06-19 | Jul 1980 | French |
| SONESSON, Bodil | Director | 2018-11-05 | Aug 1968 | Swedish |
| TILLING, Steven Edward | Director | 2020-10-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WALLSTÉN, Oscar | Director | 2025-08-22 | Jun 1969 | Swedish |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMPER, Michael John | Secretary | — | 2011-03-11 |
| BARBER, Ian Goulder | Director | — | 1998-04-09 |
| BARTON, Paul Bernard | Director | 2011-03-11 | 2017-05-31 |
| BROWNE, Antony Osborne | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| CUMPER, David Arthur | Director | — | 2011-03-11 |
| CUMPER, Michael John | Director | — | 2011-03-11 |
| GREEN, Roy George | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2013-01-04 |
| HARRIS, Braden Lee | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2021-04-16 |
| HAWKINS, Alex | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2020-01-03 |
| JOHNSON, Alastair Raymond | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2004-08-25 |
| LESTER, Alan Mark Denis | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Lee | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2018-06-27 |
| PROCTOR, David Spencer | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2005-05-13 |
| ROBEY, Brian John | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| SHEW, John David William | Director | 2008-06-03 | 2013-09-13 |
| VAN DER MEER, Geert Jan, Dr | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2022-09-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Paul David | Director | 2004-08-25 | 2014-11-28 |
| WOOD, Michael | Director | 2016-04-15 | 2025-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagerhult Group Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-15 | Active |
| Fagerhults Belysning Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-11.7%
£20,191,709 £17,829,483
-
Cash
-52.8%
£1,672,068 £789,210
-
Net assets
+16.2%
£4,133,710 £4,802,255
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+2.4%
124 127
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-37.2%
£2,552,745 £1,604,347
-
Profit before tax
-29.6%
£2,646,023 £1,861,576
-
Wages
+0.6%
£5,738,731 £5,773,079
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers