ZG LIGHTING (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£117K
-90.4% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
+63.6% vs 2024
Employees
167
+1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-26.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ZG LIGHTING (UK) LIMITED 2015-07-01 → present
- ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING LIMITED 2006-03-08 → 2015-07-01
- ZUMTOBEL STAFF LIGHTING LIMITED 1995-05-01 → 2006-03-08
- PILOTPOWER LIMITED 1993-09-08 → 1995-05-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,036,000 | £97,903,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,834,000 | £1,497,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,419,000 | £1,776,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,419,000 | £2,805,000 | |
| Cash | £1,225,000 | £117,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,068,000 | £15,836,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,413,000 | -£1,608,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,413,000 | -£1,608,000 | |
| Average employees | 164 | 167 | |
| Wages | £11,120,000 | £12,034,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 2.42x | 1.71x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding the net liabilities at 30 April 2025 of £1,608,000 and profit for the year then ended of £2,805,000 the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through its positive cash balances. The company also has access to a substantial group wide cash pool arrangement which it can draw down on should the results and cash position require it to do so to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts to 30 April 2029 which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company, Zumtobel Group AG, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. Those forecasts are dependent on Zumtobel Group AG providing additional financial support during that period. Zumtobel Group AG has provided a letter of support stating its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company for the period covered by the forecasts. After making enquiries, including a review of forecasts, budgets and banking facilities, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the Financial Statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHEAD, Christopher Colin | Secretary | 2016-09-12 | — | — |
| HAGSPIEL, Emanuel | Director | 2021-07-01 | Feb 1984 | Austrian |
| LYONS, John Francis | Director | 2025-08-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| RUSCH, Marc-André | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jan 1977 | Swiss,German |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARDS, Ian | Secretary | 1995-03-31 | 2011-07-06 |
| ST JOHN'S SQUARE SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-06 | 2016-09-12 |
| ST JOHNS SQUARE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-09-28 | 1995-03-31 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-08 | 1993-09-28 |
| BOUCHER, Matthew James | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| BOUCHER, Matthew James | Director | 2007-04-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| COGGINS, Paul Marcus | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2018-05-08 |
| DANIELS, Brian Roy Grant | Director | 1993-09-28 | 2007-04-30 |
| HOUGHTON, Peter John | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2018-05-08 |
| KILBURN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| KLEINITZER, Peter | Director | 1994-03-15 | 2004-09-02 |
| OBERLECHNER, Gehard, Dr | Director | 1993-09-28 | 1997-04-29 |
| PECHURA, Gerd | Director | 2004-09-02 | 2009-10-01 |
| RUSSELL, Mark Leonard James | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2018-10-01 |
| SCHRAER, Dietrich | Director | 1993-10-21 | 1994-03-15 |
| THOMSON, Claire Therese | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2021-07-01 |
| TSCHOL, Wilhelm Richard | Director | 1997-04-29 | 1999-08-31 |
| ZUMTOBEL, Jurg | Director | 1994-03-15 | 2007-10-31 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-09-08 | 1993-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zumtobel Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-05 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£91,036,000 £97,903,000
-
Cash
-90.4%
£1,225,000 £117,000
-
Net assets
+63.6%
-£4,413,000 -£1,608,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
164 167
-
Operating profit
-47.2%
£2,834,000 £1,497,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.6%
£2,419,000 £1,776,000
-
Wages
+8.2%
£11,120,000 £12,034,000
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