DIGNITY FUNERALS NO.3 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-02
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£827K
-44.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£17M
-57.8% vs 2023
Employees
1
-96.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£7M
-731.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-02.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,656,000 | £2,586,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,531,000 | -£7,092,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,170,000 | -£7,384,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,457,000 | -£6,235,000 | |
| Cash | £1,487,000 | £827,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £60,000 | -£6,539,000 | |
| Net assets | -£10,792,000 | -£17,027,000 | |
| Equity | -£10,792,000 | -£17,027,000 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 1 | |
| Wages | £654,000 | £372,000 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 32.9% | -274.2% | |
| Net margin | 31.3% | -241.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2551.7% | 108.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 107.6% | 112.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.56x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 2.30x | -10.89x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered all the above, the Directors remain confident in the long-term prospects for the Dignity Group and its ability to continue as a going concern for the period to 30 June 2026.”
Group structure
- DIGNITY FUNERALS NO.3 LIMITED · parent
- Valedictum Holdings Limited 100%
- T J Brown & Sons Limited 100%
- Mahony & Ward Limited 100%
- Astley Funerals Limited 100%
- Graham Sullivan Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Dewi Reynolds and Sons Ltd 100%
- Dignity Funerals No. 4 Limited 100%
- K.Y. Green Limited 100%
- F. Jennings & Sons Limited 100%
- WH Scott & Son Limited 100%
- F. M. & J. Wait & Co. Limited 100%
- Arthur J. Nash Limited 100%
- Valedictum Limited 100%
- Valedictum Group Limited 100%
- Aberdeen Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Spotland Bridge Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Wm. Jordan & Son (Funeral Directors) Limited 100%
- Newport & Telford Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Nicholls Memorials Limited 100%
- Robert Nicholls Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Wrekin Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Sevenoaks District Crematorium Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 January 2025, the Company disposed of four of its Crematoria development sites for £2,865,000.”
- “The loan from Phoenix UK Fund Limited was partially repaid in January and March 2025 with the residual £11.0 million waived. A new loan was received and drawn from Phoenix UK Fund Limited for £4.7 million, repayable in January 2028. The Dignity Group repaid the £1.0 million loan with SPWOne Limited in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYNG-THORNE, Zillah Ellen | Director | 2024-06-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
| TATE, Emily Sarah | Director | 2025-07-11 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLOP, Jane | Secretary | 2025-05-16 | 2026-01-09 |
| GEORGE, Timothy Francis | Secretary | 2018-11-08 | 2023-07-31 |
| MAFFEI, Westley Anthony | Secretary | 2023-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| PORTMAN, Richard Harry | Secretary | 2014-08-07 | 2018-11-08 |
| CHANNON, Gary Andrew Scott | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2022-11-16 |
| DAVIDSON, Kate Alexandra | Director | 2022-02-06 | 2024-01-31 |
| DAVIES, Andrew Richard | Director | 2014-08-07 | 2018-01-05 |
| EAMES, Angela | Director | 2022-11-10 | 2023-06-28 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2024-06-01 |
| JUDD, Andrew | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-04-01 |
| LATHBURY, Alan | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-02-06 |
| LONG, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-07-11 |
| MCCOLLUM, Michael Kinloch | Director | 2014-08-07 | 2020-04-03 |
| OGDEN, Darren | Director | 2023-06-28 | 2023-10-01 |
| PORTMAN, Richard Harry | Director | 2014-08-07 | 2020-12-14 |
| WHITTERN, Stephen Lee | Director | 2014-08-07 | 2020-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Holdings No.3 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
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Turnover
-44.5%
£4,656,000 £2,586,000
-
Cash
-44.4%
£1,487,000 £827,000
-
Net assets
-57.8%
-£10,792,000 -£17,027,000
-
Employees
-96.4%
28 1
-
Operating profit
-563.2%
£1,531,000 -£7,092,000
-
Profit before tax
-731.1%
£1,170,000 -£7,384,000
-
Wages
-43.1%
£654,000 £372,000
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