FESTIVE LIGHTS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-12 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-29

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+57.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£4M

+16.1% vs 2024

Employees

-2.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£799K

+78.1% vs 2024

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FESTIVE LIGHTS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31

Metric	2020-01-31	2021-01-31	2022-01-31	2023-01-31	2024-01-31	2025-01-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£448,959	£799,472
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£337,450	£594,531
Cash	—	—	—	—	£815,506	£1,286,469
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	£4,343,812	£4,893,116
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£3,133,511	£3,638,558
Equity	£1,861,201	—	—	—	£3,133,511	£3,638,558
Average employees	—	—	—	—	70	68
Wages	—	—	—	—	£2,012,200	£2,162,322

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

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Smith & Goulding Limited
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 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.”

Significant events

“The year ended 31 January 2025 reported turnover of £11.06m compared with £10.45m in 2024, a increase of £0.61m, Gross profit increased by 1.56% to just over 58%. Net assets have increased by £505k to £3.63m.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ALTY, Michelle Elizabeth	Director	2018-06-23	Mar 1984	British
ALTY, Stephen Alan	Director	2018-06-23	Sep 1981	British
BUTTERFIELD, Richard Paul	Director	2026-02-01	Oct 1989	British
HIGGINSON, Mark Paul	Director	2018-06-23	Sep 1989	British
HIGGINSON, Martin Mark	Director	2018-06-23	Feb 1988	British
HIGGINSON, Matthew James	Director	2018-06-23	Feb 1983	British
MEAD, Shane Anthony	Director	2026-02-01	Mar 1990	British
SOUTHWORTH, Samantha Louise	Director	2026-02-01	Aug 1972	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HIGGINSON, Margaret	Secretary	2005-03-29	2021-03-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	2005-03-29	2005-03-29
HIGGINSON, Margaret	Director	2005-03-29	2021-03-31
HIGGINSON, Mark Christopher	Director	2005-03-29	2021-03-31
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	2005-03-29	2005-03-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Festive Lights Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2021-03-01	Active
Mr Mark Christopher Higginson	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-03-01
Mrs Margaret Higginson	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-03-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 72 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-04-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-04-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-01-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-04-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-04-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-04-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-10-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-05-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-04-12	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2021-04-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-04-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-03-09	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 3
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

+57.8%

£815,506 £1,286,469
Net assets

+16.1%

£3,133,511 £3,638,558
Employees

-2.9%

70 68
Profit before tax

+78.1%

£448,959 £799,472
Wages

+7.5%

£2,012,200 £2,162,322

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

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