DESIGNERS GUILD LIMITED

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  Annual accounts overdue

  Due 2026-03-31.

1. DESIGNERS GUILD LIMITED 1988-12-15 → present
2. TRICIA GUILD ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1988-12-15
3. ROBIN & TRICIA GUILD LIMITED 1970-10-15 → 1978-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have prepared a going concern assessment covering the 12-month period from the date of signing the financial statements through to the end of August 2026 and determined that the Company has sufficient cash to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due as well and can meet its financial covenant tests, under its trade debtor financing facility, during that period.”

Significant events

• “In October 2024, management secured additional financing of a £3m comprising a cash flow facility.”
• “In March 2025, the cash flow facility was further advanced by £322,000.”
• “In April 2025, the Designers Guild group sold its brand intellectual property and design archive for £6.2m.”
• “In April 2025, the full outstanding balance of the £3.5m inventory financing facility and the £3.3m cash flow facility was repaid.”
• “The Directors repaid a total of £3.0m of the outstanding loan balance during 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -9.8%

  £39,779,000 → £35,877,000

• Cash

  -32.6%

  £1,010,000 → £681,000

• Net assets

  -38%

  £10,024,000 → £6,210,000

• Employees

  -4.1%

  172 → 165

• Operating profit

  -127.4%

  -£1,454,000 → -£3,307,000

• Profit before tax

  -119.3%

  -£1,739,000 → -£3,814,000

• Wages

  -2%

  £7,819,000 → £7,661,000

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