ETERNA LIGHTING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
-8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4.4m
-5.6% vs 2023
Employees
28
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£275k
-51.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,546,390 | £5,500,941 | -16% | |
| Operating profit | £69,785 | £188,733 | +170.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £566,977 | £275,190 | -51.5% | |
| Net profit | £544,455 | £236,805 | -56.5% | |
| Cash | £2,097,171 | £1,928,356 | -8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,960,328 | £4,663,178 | -6% | |
| Net assets | £4,697,784 | £4,434,589 | -5.6% | |
| Equity | £4,697,784 | £4,434,589 | -5.6% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 28 | +3.7% | |
| Wages | £1,039,773 | £940,082 | -9.6% | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.8% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 6.67x | 6.83x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ETERNA LIGHTING LIMITED 1985-12-05 → present
- ENSEL ELECTRIC CO LIMITED 1946-05-16 → 1985-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe there are no material uncetainties that call into doubt the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and the accounts have therefore been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern.”
Group structure
- ETERNA LIGHTING LIMITED · parent
- O'Neills Electrical Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Christopher John | Director | 2025-11-17 | Jun 1985 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEESE, Robert Ian | Secretary | 1998-08-12 | 1999-01-13 |
| BROWN, John Patrick Maclean | Secretary | 1997-02-24 | 1998-08-12 |
| EVANS, Paul Nicholas | Secretary | 2000-04-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| FREEMAN, Andrew Jameson | Secretary | 2006-01-04 | 2019-09-30 |
| HOGAN, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2005-10-11 | 2006-01-04 |
| MOULTON, John Christopher | Secretary | 1999-01-14 | 2000-04-01 |
| MOULTON, John Christopher | Secretary | 1996-05-13 | 1997-02-24 |
| MOULTON, John Christopher | Secretary | — | 1994-05-01 |
| RAWSON, David | Secretary | 2002-04-01 | 2005-10-11 |
| RIGG, Natalie Ellen | Secretary | 1994-05-01 | 1996-05-13 |
| BLATCHFORD, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2019-07-11 | 2025-12-16 |
| BLATCHFORD, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2005-10-11 | 2012-12-19 |
| CLYDESDALE, Neil Howard | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2019-07-15 |
| DENMAN, Arnold Geoffrey | Director | — | 2020-12-18 |
| DENMAN, Michael Dennis | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2025-12-16 |
| DENMAN, Michael Dennis | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2003-11-25 |
| FREEMAN, Andrew Jameson | Director | 2006-01-04 | 2019-09-30 |
| FRYER, Norman | Director | 1993-07-29 | 1997-12-24 |
| GILLINGWATER, Colin | Director | 1997-05-14 | 1998-08-24 |
| HILL, Colin Malcolm | Director | — | 1992-05-28 |
| HINGSTON, Philip William Robert | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| HOLDEN, David Brodie | Director | 1992-10-01 | 2000-09-05 |
| HUMPHREYS, David Trevor | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Robert | Director | 2019-09-02 | 2025-12-16 |
| MOULTON, John Christopher | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| RAWSON, David | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2005-10-11 |
| RYBACK, Joanne Susan | Director | 1998-09-14 | 2002-10-31 |
| SMITH, George Macdonald Ratcliffe | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2023-06-09 |
| STONE, Martin John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| TAYLOR, Brian David | Director | — | 2016-03-31 |
| TINANT, Simeon Mark | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2018-09-21 |
| WADE, Lucy Ellen | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2023-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumkie Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-12-16 | Active |
| Steeple Lighting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-12-18 | Ceased 2025-12-16 |
| Mr Arnold Geoffrey Denman | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-18 |
| Mr Michael Dennis Denman | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.