SIG TRADING LIMITED
Operating as a principal trading subsidiary of the listed SIG plc group, the company supplies specialist timber and building materials to the professional construction industry across the UK.
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£54M
+63.6% vs 2024
Employees
2,363
-4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£8M
+75.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £985,000,000 | £1,005,000,000 | +2% | |
| Operating profit | -£23,000,000 | £4,000,000 | +117.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£33,000,000 | -£8,000,000 | +75.8% | |
| Net profit | -£33,000,000 | -£8,000,000 | +75.8% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £235,000,000 | £223,000,000 | -5.1% | |
| Net assets | £33,000,000 | £54,000,000 | +63.6% | |
| Equity | £33,000,000 | £54,000,000 | +63.6% | |
| Average employees | 2,464 | 2,363 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £101,000,000 | £98,000,000 | -3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,071,000 | £1,456,000 | +35.9% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.3% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | -3.4% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.8% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | -1.21x | 0.25x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- SIG TRADING LIMITED 2002-12-31 → present
- CPD DISTRIBUTION PLC 1999-12-14 → 2002-12-31
- ROSKEL PLC 1988-03-30 → 1999-12-14
- ROSKEL HOLDING CO., LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1988-03-30
- ROSKEL PROPERTY CO., LIMITED 1979-09-27 → 1980-12-31
- SHOOTBERRY LIMITED 1979-09-27 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On consideration of the above, the Directors believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the forecast period to 30 April 2027 and the Directors therefore consider it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the 2025 Financial statements.”
Group structure
- SIG TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Building Solutions (National) Limited 100%
- J S McCarthy Limited 100%
- MIT International Trading S.L. 100%
- SIG (IFC) Limited 100%
- SIG Trading (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Miers Construction Products Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS, Andrew | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Ian | Director | 2023-08-25 | May 1979 | British |
| KESTERTON, Simon John | Director | 2026-05-19 | Nov 1973 | British |
| LODGE, Christopher David | Director | 2020-05-04 | Dec 1978 | British |
| LUFT, Howard Paul | Director | 2024-11-20 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur | Secretary | 2019-10-18 | 2021-03-31 |
| JORDAN, Christopher | Secretary | — | 1997-08-29 |
| MONRO, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2019-10-18 |
| SWYNNERTON, John Ralph | Secretary | 1997-08-29 | 2004-10-01 |
| APPLETON, George | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| ASHTON, Richard Ian | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2026-05-19 |
| BARCLAY, Robert | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2018-03-31 |
| BOWERS, Malcolm | Director | — | 1991-10-02 |
| BURNLEY, Richard Hewitt | Director | 2023-06-14 | 2024-09-01 |
| DAVIES, Gareth Wyn | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur | Director | 2019-10-18 | 2020-05-04 |
| ENRIGHT, John Christopher | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| FITZPATRICK, David Antony Stephen | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| FORRESTER, William Wilson | Director | 1997-08-29 | 2001-12-31 |
| FORTIN, Richard Chalmers Gordon | Director | 1997-02-19 | 1997-08-12 |
| FOTHERINGHAM, Colin George Ewing | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2003-11-28 |
| FRANCIS, Stephen Ronald William | Director | 2020-05-04 | 2022-12-08 |
| GEORGE, Victoria Anne | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2020-05-04 |
| HARRIS, Roger David | Director | — | 1995-03-10 |
| HOPE, David Ian | Director | 2023-06-14 | 2025-10-31 |
| HUDSON, Jonathan Adrian | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2011-09-14 |
| JACKSON, Ian | Director | 2018-04-12 | 2019-05-23 |
| JOHNS, Philip William Arthur | Director | 2020-05-04 | 2023-08-25 |
| JORDAN, Christopher | Director | — | 1997-08-29 |
| KEARNEY-CROFT, Katharina Helen Marie | Director | 2020-02-25 | 2020-05-04 |
| MADDOCK, Nicholas William | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2020-02-25 |
| MANDER, Andrew | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| MONRO, Richard Charles | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2019-10-18 |
| MYATT, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2015-05-28 |
| NAPTIN, Martin Alexander | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| PARTRIDGE, Brian Joseph | Director | — | 1997-11-05 |
| PAYTON, Roger Louis | Director | — | 1997-08-12 |
| PRUST, Francis Charles | Director | 1997-08-29 | 2002-10-15 |
| RENNARD, Martin William | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Grant | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| ROE, Darren | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2018-03-08 |
| ROGERS, David Herbert | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2006-04-30 |
| SKELDING, Simon | Director | — | 1997-08-29 |
| WHALING, John | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2011-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, David | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2008-06-30 |
| ZAMBRA, Anthony Richard | Director | — | 1997-05-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 302 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-20 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.