SIGNET TRADING LIMITED

1. SIGNET TRADING LIMITED 1999-07-29 → present
2. SIGNET UK TRADING LIMITED 1999-06-17 → 1999-07-29
3. SIGNET UK JEWELLERY LIMITED 1999-05-12 → 1999-06-17

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”

Group structure

1. SIGNET TRADING LIMITED · parent
   1. Checkbury Limited · Property management
   2. Ernest Jones Limited · Property management
   3. H.Samuel Limited · Property management
   4. Leslie Davis Limited · Property management

Significant events

• “During the financial year, the Group restructured its store estate and cost base, creating a leaner, more agile operation positioned for future growth.”
• “During 2024, following the strategic divestment of the prestige watch business to focus on the Group's core strengths in diamonds, jewellery and watches, the Company entered into a period of restructuring.”

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

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -15%

  £344,666,000 → £292,990,000

• Cash

  -37.1%

  £62,536,000 → £39,335,000

• Net assets

  -0.6%

  £210,530,000 → £209,320,000

• Employees

  -13.8%

  2,043 → 1,761

• Operating profit

  +130%

  -£8,659,000 → £2,596,000

• Profit before tax

  -187.2%

  -£483,000 → -£1,387,000

• Wages

  -16.3%

  £64,642,000 → £54,136,000

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