THE NICHOLS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-07 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-11.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
63
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£489K
-75.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE NICHOLS GROUP LIMITED 1994-08-10 → present
- KALSAY LIMITED 1994-05-18 → 1994-08-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,150,948 | £17,087,965 | |
| Operating profit | £1,966,581 | £449,260 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,974,897 | £489,174 | |
| Net profit | £1,466,779 | £332,674 | |
| Cash | £2,983,248 | £2,639,811 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,900,232 | £5,226,162 | |
| Net assets | £4,900,232 | £5,226,162 | |
| Equity | £4,900,232 | £5,226,162 | |
| Average employees | 63 | 63 | |
| Wages | £10,234,861 | £10,567,208 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.1% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.25x | 3.07x | |
| Interest cover | 76.99x | 2523.93x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existance for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE NICHOLS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Nichols Associates Limited 100%
- Nichols Creative Technology Limited 100%
- Information Design London Limited 80%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, Information Design London Limited, a subsidiary of The Nichols Group Limited, was dissolved and the residual net assets of the company were distributed to the shareholders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLS, Kathryn Laura | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | — | British |
| NICHOLS, Frances Jayne | Director | 2013-10-22 | Apr 1958 | British |
| NICHOLS, Kathryn Laura | Director | 2013-10-22 | Dec 1963 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEELES, Michael Trannack | Secretary | 1994-07-21 | 1998-03-31 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-05-18 | 1994-07-21 |
| NICHOLS, Michael Dane | Director | 1994-07-21 | 2013-12-03 |
| SAGGERS, Michael Terry | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1994-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kathryn Laura Nichols | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-13 | Active |
| Mrs Frances Jayne Nichols | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-06 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-0.4%
£17,150,948 £17,087,965
-
Cash
-11.5%
£2,983,248 £2,639,811
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£4,900,232 £5,226,162
-
Employees
0%
63 63
-
Operating profit
-77.2%
£1,966,581 £449,260
-
Profit before tax
-75.2%
£1,974,897 £489,174
-
Wages
+3.2%
£10,234,861 £10,567,208
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