DESIGNA AXESS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£116K
+12.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£268K
-19.7% vs 2024
Employees
17
+6.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£31K
-58.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DESIGNA AXESS UK LIMITED 2023-02-22 → present
- DESIGNA (UK) LIMITED 1997-11-12 → 2023-02-22
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2020-02-29 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,819,554 | £2,262,890 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £89,096 | £71,024 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £75,064 | £30,935 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £258,860 | -£65,870 | |
| Cash | £407,368 | £168,723 | £120,373 | £96,633 | £103,452 | £116,424 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £565,250 | £587,257 | £117,806 | £84,513 | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £333,611 | £267,741 | |
| Equity | £565,250 | £587,257 | £117,806 | £84,513 | £333,611 | £267,741 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £760,338 | £797,872 |
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 | 2020-02-29 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 3.2% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.2% | -2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 82.7% | 82.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.95x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 6.13x | 1.72x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PB Associates
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have undertaken an assessment of the adequacy of the resources available to the company. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Anthony | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | — | — |
| JONES, Anthony | Director | 2017-03-31 | Feb 1966 | British |
| SUTER, Oliver | Director | 2021-10-21 | Jul 1974 | Austrian |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULTER, Phillip John | Secretary | 2002-04-01 | 2004-08-12 |
| MATTHEWS, Janet Marjorie Grace | Secretary | 2005-10-29 | 2007-01-26 |
| MILLER, Ewan Stephen | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2017-03-31 |
| SANGSTER, Richard John | Secretary | 1997-11-12 | 2002-03-31 |
| WHITTINGTON, Sally Louise | Secretary | 2004-08-12 | 2005-10-28 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-12 | 1997-11-12 |
| COOPER, Ritchie Alexander | Director | 1997-11-12 | 1997-12-10 |
| COULTER, Phillip John | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2007-10-19 |
| GRADNITZER, Michael | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| GROTE, Klaus Dieter | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2007-06-30 |
| HAMMER, Thomas | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2005-03-01 |
| KAMSCHAL, Margherita | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2015-06-23 |
| MILLER, Ewan Stephen | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2017-03-31 |
| MONSBERGER, Robert | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2021-10-15 |
| RENNER, Uwe Reinhold | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2001-03-31 |
| WAIBEL, Thomas, Dr | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2020-02-29 |
| WHELAN, Anthony | Director | 2007-01-25 | 2007-12-14 |
| WHELAN, Anthony | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2005-11-01 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-12 | 1997-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designa Verkehrsleittechnik Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-02-22 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-02-22 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-11-07 | 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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
-19.7%
£2,819,554 £2,262,890
-
Cash
+12.5%
£103,452 £116,424
-
Net assets
-19.7%
£333,611 £267,741
-
Employees
+6.3%
16 17
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-20.3%
£89,096 £71,024
-
Profit before tax
-58.8%
£75,064 £30,935
-
Wages
+4.9%
£760,338 £797,872
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers