ABACUS LIGHTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-10
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-48.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+10.8% vs 2024
Employees
138
+2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-27.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-10.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ABACUS LIGHTING LIMITED 2013-05-07 → present
- GG156 LIMITED 2013-04-18 → 2013-05-07
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 | £29,245,399 | £24,445,244 | |
| Operating profit | £2,549,671 | £1,652,802 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,602,113 | £1,893,237 | |
| Net profit | £2,605,577 | £1,339,429 | |
| Cash | £3,017,350 | £1,554,058 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,847,953 | £7,709,835 | |
| Net assets | £6,847,953 | £7,587,382 | |
| Equity | £6,847,953 | £7,587,382 | |
| Average employees | 135 | 138 | |
| Wages | £5,150,483 | £5,093,283 |
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 | 8.7% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.2% | 21.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 2.42x | |
| Interest cover | 26.24x | 132.58x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, which demonstrate that the company can continue to operate within the finance facilities available to it. On this basis the directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Christopher Ian | Director | 2017-10-01 | Apr 1980 | British |
| BANKS, Steven Paul | Director | 2013-05-03 | May 1964 | British |
| DISNEUR, David Romain | Director | 2023-02-22 | Jun 1978 | British,French |
| GRENFELL, James Bruce | Director | 2013-05-03 | Dec 1965 | British |
| LAMB, Stephen Albert | Director | 2013-05-03 | Feb 1958 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Paul Richard | Director | 2013-04-18 | 2013-05-03 |
| JACKSON, Peter Lindsey | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2025-05-28 |
| KOKUCIAK, Darren Wade | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| WIGMORE, Camilla Louise | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2019-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abacus Lighting Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-12-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-16.4%
£29,245,399 £24,445,244
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Cash
-48.5%
£3,017,350 £1,554,058
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Net assets
+10.8%
£6,847,953 £7,587,382
-
Employees
+2.2%
135 138
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Operating profit
-35.2%
£2,549,671 £1,652,802
-
Profit before tax
-27.2%
£2,602,113 £1,893,237
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Wages
-1.1%
£5,150,483 £5,093,283
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