SIGNPOSTS (LUTON)

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

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Signposts (Luton) has demonstrated outstanding service delivery outcomes throughout 2024/25. We have achieved an impressive overall occupancy rate of 95.56%, just 0.43% below last year's benchmark of 95.99%.”
• “Quarter 4 saw a particularly strong close to the year, with occupancy peaking at 98.10%, a 1.37% increase on Q4 2023/24.”
• “positive move-ons increased by 18 individuals compared to 2023/24, rising from 76 to 94.”
• “negative move-ons fell dramatically from 122 to 84, indicating that preventative approaches and client-focused interventions are working.”
• “Internal moves held steady with a slight increase (from 86 to 91), reflecting improved client progression planning.”
• “Signposts admitted 284 individuals during the year, a slight decrease from 314, but ensured that all admissions were safely and appropriately accommodated.”
• “During the year, a new Trustee Code of Conduct was adopted, and governance structures were strengthened with specific risk registers for each committee.”
• “Data protection measures were advanced, including the adoption of a bespoke data protection framework.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -7.1%

  £3,467,099 → £3,219,454

• Cash

  +18.4%

  £462,590 → £547,647

• Net assets

  +6.1%

  £1,135,781 → £1,204,898

• Employees

  -23%

  61 → 47

• Wages

  -17.4%

  £1,499,717 → £1,239,271

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