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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-27

Confirmation statement due

2026-04-02

Overdue

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£115M

+62.3% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£50M

+68.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 5 times since incorporation

  1. DIGNITY PRE ARRANGEMENT LIMITED 2001-08-30 → present
  2. SCI PRE-ARRANGEMENT LTD 1998-10-01 → 2001-08-30
  3. FUNERAL PLANS LIMITED 1995-06-01 → 1998-10-01
  4. FUNERAL PLANS LIMITED 1995-06-01 → 1998-10-01
  5. CHOSEN HERITAGE LIMITED 1984-12-07 → 1995-06-01
  6. PRIDEMAY LIMITED 1984-11-08 → 1984-12-07

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27

Metric Trend 2023-12-292024-12-27
Turnover
Operating profit
Profit before tax £29,744,000£50,238,000
Net profit £29,744,000£44,304,000
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £71,103,000£115,407,000
Net assets £71,103,000£115,407,000
Equity £71,103,000£115,407,000
Average employees
Wages

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 2023-12-292024-12-27
Current ratio 31.47x26.92x

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
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Having considered all the above, the Directors remain confident in the long-term prospects for the Dignity Group and its ability to continue as a going concern for the period to 30 June 2026.”

Group structure

  1. DIGNITY PRE ARRANGEMENT LIMITED · parent
    1. Advance Planning Limited 100% · United Kingdom · administration of pre-arranged funerals

Significant events

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

People

2 active · 27 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BYNG-THORNE, Zillah Ellen Director 2024-06-01 Nov 1974 British
TATE, Emily Sarah Director 2025-07-11 Sep 1974 British
Show 27 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DUNLOP, Jane Secretary 2025-05-16 2026-01-09
GEORGE, Timothy Francis Secretary 2018-11-08 2023-07-31
MAFFEI, Westley Anthony Secretary 2023-07-31 2024-12-31
PORTMAN, Richard Harry Secretary 2004-04-16 2018-11-27
WILLIAMSON, Robert Douglas Secretary 2004-04-16
BLACKSTONE, Timothy Peter Cameron Director 1997-01-30 1999-08-20
CHANNON, Gary Andrew Scott Director 2022-04-01 2022-11-16
DAVIDSON, Kate Alexandra Director 2022-02-06 2024-01-31
EAMES, Angela Director 2022-11-10 2023-06-28
EDWARDS, Nicholas John Director 2023-12-06 2024-06-01
FIELD, Colin Peter John Director 1994-10-14
FIELD, Simon Richard Director 1994-09-26
HAMILTON, William Mark Director 1996-09-02 1998-05-08
HILLMAN-EADY, Marcus Director 2000-03-31 2000-11-13
HINDLEY, Peter Talbot Director 1999-08-27 2008-12-29
HODE, Jean Michel Director 2000-03-27 2001-04-30
JUDD, Andrew Director 2020-12-14 2022-04-01
LATHBURY, Alan Director 2020-12-14 2022-02-06
LEROUGE, Philippe William Claude Director 1999-08-27 2002-02-10
LONG, Stephen Anthony Director 2023-12-06 2025-07-11
MCCOLLUM, Michael Kinloch Director 2002-02-10 2020-04-03
OGDEN, Darren Director 2023-06-28 2023-10-01
PORTMAN, Richard Harry Director 2020-04-03 2020-12-14
SPENCER, Eric Norman Director 2000-03-20
WHITTERN, Stephen Lee Director 2008-12-29 2020-12-14
WILLIAMSON, Robert Douglas Director 2000-03-29
WILLS, Peter George Director 2000-03-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Birkbeck Securities Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-06-01 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 187 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-10 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-01-15 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-24 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-18 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2025-07-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-16 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-31 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-20 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2024-03-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-12-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-10-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

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 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29

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

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