NIGLON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-15.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15M
-14% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
45
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£758K
-27.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £14,765,822 | £16,568,457 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £868,236 | £751,580 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,041,111 | £758,413 | |
| Net profit | — | £835,583 | — | — | £763,783 | £532,378 | |
| Cash | — | £4,011,358 | — | — | £4,280,647 | £3,610,638 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,642,084 | — | — | £19,935,992 | £17,100,524 | |
| Net assets | — | £15,629,214 | — | — | £17,676,344 | £15,208,722 | |
| Equity | £14,613,631 | £15,629,214 | £16,251,698 | £16,931,236 | £17,676,344 | £15,208,722 | |
| Average employees | — | 38 | — | — | 44 | 45 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,875,318 | £2,100,131 |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 5.9% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.2% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 4.4% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.28x | 4.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 6.09x | 6.89x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Prime
- 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 group's and the parent 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.”
Group structure
- NIGLON LIMITED · parent
- George Hughes (Cobo) Limited 100%
- Simplex Conduit Systems Limited 100%
- Niglon Ireland Limited 100%
- Heatrad Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In late 2025 the company acquired a Dublin-based Irish electrical distributor.”
- “On 25 October 2025 Niglon Limited purchased the share capital of Derrywood Agencies & Distributors Limited, an electrical component distributor based in Dublin, Ireland for €1,431,000.”
- “Following the share buy-back and subsequent cancellation of Mr S B Hinley's shares on 21 September 2024 no one individual has ultimate control over the company by way of their shareholding, either directly or indirectly.”
- “On 21 September 2024 the company completed a share buy-back for cash in respect of 21,600 ordinary shares in the sum of £3,000,000. The shares were subsequently cancelled.”
- “On 28 October 2024 the premises at Highlands Road was sold for £1,885,000 to the Hinley Family SSAS.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HINLEY, Jake | Director | 2020-02-08 | Jan 1995 | British |
| HINLEY, Oliver Max | Director | 2012-02-14 | May 1991 | British |
| HINLEY, Sophie Joanne | Director | 2022-01-22 | Jan 1997 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINLEY, Janet Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2024-09-17 |
| HINLEY, Allison Bernadette | Director | 2022-01-22 | 2024-09-17 |
| HINLEY, Janet Elizabeth | Director | — | 2024-09-17 |
| HINLEY, John Grahame | Director | — | 2016-07-07 |
| HINLEY, Simon Brett | Director | — | 2024-09-17 |
| WILSON, Jeremy | Director | — | 2019-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Trevor Bidmead | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2021-02-25 | Active |
| Mrs Janet Elizabeth Hinley | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-21 | Ceased 2021-02-25 |
| Mr Simon Brett Hinley | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-12-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+12.2%
£14,765,822 £16,568,457
-
Cash
-15.7%
£4,280,647 £3,610,638
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-14%
£17,676,344 £15,208,722
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+2.3%
44 45
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-13.4%
£868,236 £751,580
-
Profit before tax
-27.2%
£1,041,111 £758,413
-
Wages
+12%
£1,875,318 £2,100,131
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