DESMOND SIMPSON & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£906K
+31.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
18
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£751K
-4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,001,403 | £9,887,533 | |
| Operating profit | £796,147 | £759,643 | |
| Profit before tax | £790,537 | £751,483 | |
| Net profit | £605,831 | £561,338 | |
| Cash | £690,650 | £905,978 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,649,033 | £4,615,831 | |
| Net assets | £4,420,269 | £4,334,607 | |
| Equity | £4,420,269 | £4,334,607 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 18 | |
| Wages | £339,322 | £365,844 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.1% | 16.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.69x | |
| Interest cover | 141.92x | 93.09x |
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
- David Lyttle + Co Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- “Dividends totalling £647,000 (2024: £651,000) were paid in the year in respect of shares held by the company's directors.”
- “The directors consider the results for the year and the financial position of the company at the year end to be satisfactory. The underlying trade continues to be strong. The directors believe that this level of activity will be sustained for the next financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, Desmond | Director | 2009-06-12 | May 1944 | Irish |
| SIMPSON, Doris | Director | 2009-06-12 | Feb 1952 | Irish |
| SIMPSON, Graham | Director | 2012-02-01 | Nov 1970 | British |
| SIMPSON, Nigel | Director | 2011-07-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| SIMPSON, Paul | Director | 2011-07-01 | Feb 1981 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Desmond Robert | Director | 2009-06-12 | 2009-06-12 |
| SIMPSON, Graham | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2011-11-28 |
| CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-06-12 | 2009-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Desmond Simpson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Doris Simpson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2017-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2017-07-19 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2017-07-19 | 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-10.1%
£11,001,403 £9,887,533
-
Cash
+31.2%
£690,650 £905,978
-
Net assets
-1.9%
£4,420,269 £4,334,607
-
Employees
0%
18 18
-
Operating profit
-4.6%
£796,147 £759,643
-
Profit before tax
-4.9%
£790,537 £751,483
-
Wages
+7.8%
£339,322 £365,844
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