DESIGN4RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-29 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£801K
+18.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+58.2% vs 2024
Employees
64
+4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+7.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,582,317 | £13,278,954 | |
| Operating profit | £2,089,661 | £2,236,445 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,083,450 | £2,233,877 | |
| Net profit | £1,558,953 | £1,659,310 | |
| Cash | £673,833 | £801,325 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,729,419 | £2,646,702 | |
| Net assets | £1,537,555 | £2,431,865 | |
| Equity | £1,537,555 | £2,431,865 | |
| Average employees | 61 | 64 | |
| Wages | £2,185,659 | £2,448,714 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 16.8% | |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 120.8% | 84.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | 121.82x | 158.24x |
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
- Auditor
- The Rowleys Partnership Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operating existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The current year has begun on a positive note with new contractual agreements being signed with three key clients which will provide a platform to increase sales turnover via access to a wider range of projects across wholesale and own retail teams.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VINALL, Jonathan | Secretary | 2007-01-29 | — | British |
| BAKER, Christopher | Director | 2004-05-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| HOWITT, Timothy James | Director | 2003-02-03 | Sep 1970 | British |
| VINALL, Jonathan | Director | 2004-05-01 | May 1971 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINALL, Ian | Secretary | 2003-02-03 | 2007-01-29 |
| UKBF NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-11-15 | 2002-11-20 |
| VINALL, Ian | Director | 2003-02-03 | 2007-08-20 |
| UKBF NOMINEE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-11-15 | 2002-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D4r Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2017-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2016-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+14.6%
£11,582,317 £13,278,954
-
Cash
+18.9%
£673,833 £801,325
-
Net assets
+58.2%
£1,537,555 £2,431,865
-
Employees
+4.9%
61 64
-
Operating profit
+7%
£2,089,661 £2,236,445
-
Profit before tax
+7.2%
£2,083,450 £2,233,877
-
Wages
+12%
£2,185,659 £2,448,714
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