SUN BRANDING SOLUTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£153K
-25% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-18.2% vs 2023
Employees
132
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£670K
+59.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SUN BRANDING SOLUTIONS LTD 2008-04-19 → present
- WATT GILCHRIST LIMITED 2000-09-26 → 2008-04-19
- GILCHRIST BROS. LIMITED 1966-03-09 → 2000-09-26
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 | £11,514,048 | £13,481,303 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,682,976 | -£698,775 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,635,179 | -£669,567 | |
| Net profit | -£1,353,075 | -£535,394 | |
| Cash | £204,706 | £153,461 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,942,621 | £4,764,135 | |
| Net assets | £2,942,621 | £2,407,227 | |
| Equity | £2,942,621 | £2,407,227 | |
| Average employees | 130 | 132 | |
| Wages | £7,193,820 | £8,224,611 |
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 | -14.6% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | -11.8% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -57.2% | -14.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.6% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | 2.57x |
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
- Armstrong Watson 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.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEACH, David Christopher | Secretary | 2026-02-09 | — | — |
| DENCH, Jon Kenneth | Director | 2025-01-14 | Nov 1971 | British |
| HAWKINS, Martin Philip | Director | 2022-11-15 | Sep 1969 | British |
| LAWSON, Gregory John | Director | 2022-11-15 | Mar 1970 | British |
| SCHOONENBERG, Martjin Jan Charles Marie | Director | 2018-03-30 | Aug 1977 | Dutch |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JUPE, Nicholas Mark | Secretary | 1999-01-04 | 2006-12-19 |
| PEARCE, Margaret Julia | Secretary | 2006-12-19 | 2026-02-09 |
| TAYLOR, Jack | Secretary | — | 1999-01-04 |
| BEAN, Paul Richard | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2022-11-15 |
| BEJARANO, Daniel Marco | Director | 1996-05-02 | 2000-07-25 |
| BELCHETZ, Geoffrey David | Director | 2000-07-25 | 2003-09-05 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Ian Robert | Director | — | 2000-01-31 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Stephen James | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2004-02-20 |
| BROWN, John Kenneth | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
| CUNNIGHAM, Graham | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| DORUDOTTIR, Stefania Maria | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2000-07-25 |
| FERRIE, Graham William | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2000-05-31 |
| GENOVESE, Geoffrey Blaine | Director | 2000-07-25 | 2006-09-15 |
| HEYNES, Charles Allen | Director | 2018-03-30 | 2022-11-15 |
| JUPE, Nicholas Mark | Director | 1992-03-24 | 2015-08-21 |
| LARMOUR, Robert Graham | Director | 1994-05-16 | 1997-09-12 |
| MILLER, James Christopher | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| ROPER, David Alexander | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| SCHRADER, Bradley | Director | 2006-09-15 | 2018-03-30 |
| SPEIGHT, Robert Andrew | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-09-01 |
| TAYLOR, Jack | Director | — | 1999-01-12 |
| THOMPSON, Simeon John | Director | 2022-11-15 | 2025-01-14 |
| WALSH, Bernard James | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| WATT, Donald George | Director | 2000-07-25 | 2003-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecg Holdings (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-
Turnover
+17.1%
£11,514,048 £13,481,303
-
Cash
-25%
£204,706 £153,461
-
Net assets
-18.2%
£2,942,621 £2,407,227
-
Employees
+1.5%
130 132
-
Operating profit
+58.5%
-£1,682,976 -£698,775
-
Profit before tax
+59.1%
-£1,635,179 -£669,567
-
Wages
+14.3%
£7,193,820 £8,224,611
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