A.D.S. GRAPHICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-19 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£648K
-52.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7M
+3.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
187
+4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£303K
-46.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,200,742 | £14,199,885 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £159,702 | £412,444 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,396,506 | £534,825 | £561,779 | £302,544 | |
| Net profit | £1,059,898 | £451,581 | £492,800 | £211,453 | |
| Cash | £1,630,472 | £1,414,908 | £1,375,006 | £648,070 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,354,929 | £7,920,357 | £8,121,487 | £8,193,166 | |
| Net assets | £6,335,424 | £6,271,507 | £6,764,307 | £6,975,760 | |
| Equity | £6,335,424 | £6,271,507 | £6,764,307 | £6,975,760 | |
| Average employees | 214 | 191 | 179 | 187 | |
| Wages | £7,044,503 | £5,246,250 | £5,297,755 | £5,838,111 |
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 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.2% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.7% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 2.0% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 41.8% | 45.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.72x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.50x | 3.22x |
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
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts and budgets which indicate that the company will continue to generate cash over the period considered by them which is at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements, in their assessment of the appropriateness of adopting the going concern basis in preparation of these financial statements. The company has a strong asset base and cash reserves available.”
Group structure
- A.D.S. GRAPHICS LIMITED · parent
- Chester Medical Solutions Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATTERSON, David Hugh | Secretary | 1997-12-04 | — | British |
| PATTERSON, David Hugh | Director | 1994-10-12 | Sep 1965 | British |
| PRESTON, Simon William | Director | 2017-02-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| THATCHER, Barbara | Director | 2008-07-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Tamsyn | Director | 2005-04-01 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Francis Edwrd | Secretary | — | 1994-06-20 |
| DAVIES, Bernard Rex | Secretary | 1994-06-20 | 1997-12-04 |
| PATTERSON, Edna May | Director | — | 2002-12-07 |
| PATTERSON, Rudolph David | Director | — | 2019-04-08 |
| TINDALL, Christopher John | Director | 1994-10-12 | 2017-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ads Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-02-24 | Active |
| Mr Rudoplh David Patterson | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-08 |
| Mr David Hugh Patterson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+7.6%
£13,200,742 £14,199,885
-
Cash
-52.9%
£1,375,006 £648,070
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£6,764,307 £6,975,760
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+4.5%
179 187
-
Operating profit
+158.3%
£159,702 £412,444
-
Profit before tax
-46.1%
£561,779 £302,544
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+10.2%
£5,297,755 £5,838,111
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