SIGN SPECIALISTS LIMITED

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Cash

£2.9m

+29.9% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£5.6m

+2.8% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

+7.7% vs 2025

Profit before tax

£213k

-67.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

SIGN SPECIALISTS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=752

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31	2026-03-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£9,227,176	£8,854,348	£9,012,375	+1.8%
Operating profit	£261,092	£626,623	£186,388	-70.3%
Profit before tax	£275,752	£657,408	£213,491	-67.5%
Net profit	£194,702	£481,414	£150,295	-68.8%
Cash	£2,489,191	£2,236,651	£2,906,170	+29.9%
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,291,113	£5,640,411	£5,680,896	+0.7%
Net assets	£4,933,187	£5,414,601	£5,564,896	+2.8%
Equity	£4,933,187	£5,414,601	£5,564,896	+2.8%
Average employees	70	65	70	+7.7%
Wages	£2,330,742	£2,341,205	£2,605,129	+11.3%
Directors' remuneration	£516,037	£532,491	£539,387	+1.3%
Directors' pension contributions	£19,151	£30,545	£41,078	+34.5%
Highest paid director	£112,189	£111,480	£102,163	-8.4%

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	2024-03-31	2025-03-31	2026-03-31
Operating margin	2.8%	7.1%	2.1%
Net margin	2.1%	5.4%	1.7%
Return on capital employed	4.9%	11.1%	3.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	22.0%	22.8%	19.4%
Current ratio	4.28x	3.61x	4.03x
Interest cover	10.82x	—	9.54x

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
“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.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 13 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
TISDALE, Heath	Secretary	2015-04-30	—	—
FERREDAY, Michael Robert	Director	2015-02-16	Oct 1964	British
GREEN, Richard Maxwell	Director	2009-03-01	Feb 1957	British
MARLOW, Anthony	Director	2023-12-01	Apr 1960	British
STOKES, Simon Timothy	Director	2026-04-01	Oct 1968	English
TISDALE, Denise	Director	2008-01-01	Jul 1956	British
TISDALE, Heath	Director	1996-07-29	Apr 1966	British
TISDALE, Richard Edward	Director	—	Jan 1947	British

Show 13 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ANELLI, Paul	Secretary	2011-08-30	2015-04-30
HILSON, Brian George	Secretary	1996-07-29	2011-08-30
TISDALE, Michael George	Secretary	—	1996-07-29
ANELLI, Paul	Director	2014-10-02	2015-04-30
BLOOM, Harold	Director	—	1994-07-18
GREEN, Richard Maxwell	Director	—	2001-09-28
HILSON, Brian George	Director	1992-01-01	2011-08-30
LLOYD, Sean Peter	Director	1996-07-29	1998-02-06
MARLOW, Anthony	Director	2001-10-22	2011-02-28
ROWE, Vivian Bernard	Director	—	2017-08-30
TISDALE, Alan William	Director	—	1995-01-31
TISDALE, Dennis Edward	Director	—	2007-11-26
TISDALE, Michael George	Director	—	2006-12-11

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Heath Tisdale	Individual	Significant influence	2022-12-12	Active
Mr Alan William Tisdale	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-12-12
Mr Richard Edward Tisdale	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 177 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-06-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-10-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-12	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-12	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-12-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-08-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2020-12-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-11-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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