EMPEROR DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-27 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+3.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£451K
-28.5% vs 2024
Employees
317
+2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-0.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,985,479 | £36,575,896 | |
| Operating profit | £1,582,769 | £1,592,172 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,377,785 | £1,373,546 | |
| Net profit | £955,167 | £1,007,867 | |
| Cash | £2,151,271 | £2,217,221 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,441,765 | £3,305,931 | |
| Net assets | £631,827 | £451,496 | |
| Equity | £631,827 | £451,496 | |
| Average employees | 310 | 317 | |
| Wages | £19,055,574 | £20,611,768 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.0% | 48.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 6.37x | 6.33x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue”
Group structure
- EMPEROR DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED · parent
- Emperor Presentations Limited 51%
- Emperor Design Consultants International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There continues to be a market opportunity in the Middle East. We have in the last year opened a new subsidiary in Saudi Arabia which delivered turnover of £0.7m in the period to 31 August 2025 and we have also added to our team in Dubai providing a stronger operational base as we continue to develop our offering in the region.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Kingsley | Secretary | 2016-02-09 | — | — |
| BROWN, Amanda | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| FRANKLIN, Philip Thomas | Director | 2021-01-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| FULTON, Jennifer Davina | Director | 2022-01-04 | Mar 1976 | British |
| HAINES, David James | Director | 2025-05-01 | May 1969 | British |
| JAMES, Kingsley | Director | 1999-04-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| KEMP, Stephen | Director | 1996-02-16 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MCKAY, Miriam Frances | Director | 2022-02-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| O'CONNOR, Noel Stephen | Director | 1996-02-16 | Jun 1964 | British |
| SUGG, Victoria Jane | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEMP, Stephen | Secretary | 1996-02-16 | 2016-02-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-16 | 1996-02-16 |
| CEARNS, Kathryn | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| CURRY, Martin | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2016-07-28 |
| FREEDMAN, Susanna Louise | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2016-05-09 |
| GUNN, Cameron James | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2024-10-01 |
| MATTHEWS, Paul Charles | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-04-11 |
| NEWMAN, Craig | Director | 1996-03-28 | 1998-04-06 |
| STAMP, Christopher David | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| STEIDLE, Karen Elsa | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kingsley James | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-04 |
| Noel Stephen O'Connor | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-04 |
| Mr Stephen James Kemp | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-10-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.5%
£34,985,479 £36,575,896
-
Cash
+3.1%
£2,151,271 £2,217,221
-
Net assets
-28.5%
£631,827 £451,496
-
Employees
+2.3%
310 317
-
Operating profit
+0.6%
£1,582,769 £1,592,172
-
Profit before tax
-0.3%
£1,377,785 £1,373,546
-
Wages
+8.2%
£19,055,574 £20,611,768
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