ASTRO LIGHTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-23.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-62% vs 2024
Employees
92
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+10% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,155,000 | £27,104,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,960,000 | £6,825,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,042,000 | £6,647,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,427,000 | £5,368,000 | |
| Cash | £3,398,000 | £2,587,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,805,000 | £6,990,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,162,000 | £6,529,000 | |
| Equity | £17,162,000 | £6,529,000 | |
| Average employees | 93 | 92 | |
| Wages | £3,998,000 | £4,168,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.2% | 25.2% | |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 19.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.5% | 97.6% | |
| Current ratio | 5.13x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 2980.00x | 31.89x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has received a letter of support from its parent Company, Astro Lighting Holdings Limited and Astro Lighting Holdings Limited has confirmed that it will provide support as and when needed to allow Astro Lighting Holdings Limited to pay its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these statutory financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASTRO LIGHTING LIMITED · parent
- Astro Lighting (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSANT, James Edward | Secretary | 1998-10-23 | — | British |
| BASSANT, James Edward | Director | 1997-02-07 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FEARON, John Turner | Director | 1997-11-24 | Jun 1950 | British |
| MASTERS, David | Director | 2024-06-17 | May 1971 | British |
| RIBBONS, David Anthony | Director | 2023-06-27 | Aug 1972 | British |
| VAN DER KOLK, Peter Benjamin | Director | 2023-08-08 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Brian John | Secretary | 1997-02-07 | 1998-10-23 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-02-07 | 1997-02-07 |
| CAVALIERI, Marco | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2016-03-16 |
| FORD, Eric Kenelm | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2012-12-18 |
| GILBERT, Marc Yves Alexandre | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2023-04-06 |
| GRANT, Stuart Spencer | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2023-02-22 |
| GRANT, Victoria Anne | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| HOWARD, Donna Louise | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2024-10-31 |
| LITTLE, Mark John James | Director | 2021-03-22 | 2024-01-24 |
| PRINCE, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-12-18 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-02-07 | 1997-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro Lighting Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-20 | Active |
| Mr James Edward Bassant | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-20 |
| Mr John Turner Fearon | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-3.7%
£28,155,000 £27,104,000
-
Cash
-23.9%
£3,398,000 £2,587,000
-
Net assets
-62%
£17,162,000 £6,529,000
-
Employees
-1.1%
93 92
-
Operating profit
+14.5%
£5,960,000 £6,825,000
-
Profit before tax
+10%
£6,042,000 £6,647,000
-
Wages
+4.3%
£3,998,000 £4,168,000
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