DIGNITY SECURITIES 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
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-2.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£112K
-86.7% 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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£60,000 | -£112,000 | |
| Net profit | -£60,000 | -£112,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,565,000 | £4,453,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,815,000 | £3,703,000 | |
| Equity | £3,815,000 | £3,703,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£3,815,000 £3,703,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-86.7%
-£60,000 -£112,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 3.37x | 3.25x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- DIGNITY SECURITIES LIMITED 2001-09-03 → present
- DIGNITY LIMITED 1993-12-13 → 2001-09-03
- DIGNITY IN DESTINY LIMITED 1988-10-31 → 1993-12-13
- INGALL FUNERALS LIMITED 1987-07-01 → 1988-10-31
- HODGSON & SONS LIMITED 1986-05-16 → 1987-07-01
- F.W.COLLINS & SON(FUNERAL DIRECTORS)LIMITED 1941-12-05 → 1986-05-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company operates as part of the Dignity Group Holdings Limited group ('Dignity Group') and is one of a number of entities within that group which are part of a Securitisation Group established in connection with the Dignity Group's Secured Notes. The ability of the Dignity Group to meet its obligations under the A Notes and B Notes is entirely dependent on the ability of other members of the Securitisation Group to meet their obligations under loan agreements between those entities and the Company.”
Significant events
- “The Dignity Limited Trust Fund ceased actively selling funeral plans in 1995 although a small number of "add-on" plans covering additional clients' requirements are sold. Since then, The Dignity Limited Trust Fund has effectively been a "closed fund".”
- “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 with an interest rate of 7%, rising to 15% from 31 December 2025. In addition to the above, 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 · 32 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 32 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 |
| HEATHCOTE, Steven Trevor | Secretary | — | 1992-12-08 |
| MAFFEI, Westley Anthony | Secretary | 2023-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| MIDDLETON, Ronald Alfred Wilson | Secretary | 1992-12-08 | 1996-11-04 |
| PORTMAN, Richard Harry | Secretary | 2004-04-16 | 2018-11-27 |
| WILLIAMSON, Robert Douglas | Secretary | 1997-02-10 | 2004-04-16 |
| BURGESS, Stephen Denis | Director | 1993-11-02 | 1997-11-26 |
| CHANNON, Gary Andrew Scott | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2022-11-16 |
| DAVIDSON, Kate Alexandra | Director | 2022-02-06 | 2024-01-31 |
| EAMES, Angela | Director | 2022-11-10 | 2023-06-28 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2024-06-01 |
| FOX, Stephen | Director | — | 1991-07-31 |
| GRISON, Bruno | Director | — | 1994-09-06 |
| HILLMAN-EADY, Marcus | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2000-11-13 |
| HINDLEY, Peter Talbot | Director | 1991-09-05 | 2008-12-29 |
| HODE, Jean Michel | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2001-10-08 |
| HODSON, Graham Philip | Director | 1991-07-12 | 1991-11-27 |
| JUDD, Andrew | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-04-01 |
| LATHBURY, Alan | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2022-02-06 |
| LEROUGE, Philippe William Claude | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2002-02-10 |
| LONG, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-07-11 |
| MCCOLLUM, Michael Kinloch | Director | 2002-02-10 | 2020-04-03 |
| MEAKIN, David Steventon | Director | — | 1991-07-31 |
| MIDDLETON, Ronald Alfred Wilson | Director | — | 1996-11-04 |
| OGDEN, Darren | Director | 2023-06-28 | 2023-10-01 |
| PITCHFORD, Christopher | Director | 1991-09-05 | 1995-06-01 |
| PORTMAN, Richard Harry | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2020-12-14 |
| RAMSHAW, Simon | Director | — | 1992-03-10 |
| WHEATLEY, John Ernest Morgan | Director | — | 1993-05-01 |
| WHITTERN, Stephen Lee | Director | 2008-12-29 | 2020-12-14 |
| WILLS, Peter George | Director | 1994-10-24 | 2000-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Services | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 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 | |
| 2025-06-09 | 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 | |
| 2024-08-24 | 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 | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.