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A.D.S. GRAPHICS LIMITED

#02233870 · Active · Incorporated 1988-03-22 (38y 4m) · Last filing 2026-02-25 (5mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 18129 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-02-28 (in 8 months) · Confirmation due 2026-10-19 (in 4 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£648K

-52.9% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£7M

+3.1% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

187

+4.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£303K

-46.1% lowest in 4 filed years

Accounts

4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31

Metric Trend 2022-05-312023-05-312024-05-312025-05-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover ——£13,200,742£14,199,885 +7.6%
Operating profit ——£159,702£412,444 +158.3%
Profit before tax £1,396,506£534,825£561,779£302,544 -46.1%
Net profit £1,059,898£451,581£492,800£211,453 -57.1%
Cash £1,630,472£1,414,908£1,375,006£648,070 -52.9%
Total assets less current liabilities £8,354,929£7,920,357£8,121,487£8,193,166 +0.9%
Net assets £6,335,424£6,271,507£6,764,307£6,975,760 +3.1%
Equity £6,335,424£6,271,507£6,764,307£6,975,760 +3.1%
Average employees 214191179187 +4.5%
Wages £7,044,503£5,246,250£5,297,755£5,838,111 +10.2%
Directors' remuneration £1,952,193£431,364£421,102£431,309 +2.4%

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 Trend 2022-05-312023-05-312024-05-312025-05-31
Operating margin ——1.2%2.9%
Net margin ——3.7%1.5%
Return on capital employed ——2.0%5.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) ——41.8%45.6%
Current ratio ——1.72x1.54x
Interest cover ——1.50x3.22x

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
DSG Audit
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have prepared forecasts and budgets which indicate that the company will continue to generate cash over the period considered by them which is at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements, in their assessment of the appropriateness of adopting the going concern basis in preparation of these financial statements. The company has a strong asset base and cash reserves available.”

Group structure

  1. A.D.S. GRAPHICS LIMITED · parent
    1. Chester Medical Solutions Limited 100% · England and Wales

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

People

5 active · 5 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
PATTERSON, David Hugh Secretary 1997-12-04 — British
PATTERSON, David Hugh Director 1994-10-12 Sep 1965 British
PRESTON, Simon William Director 2017-02-01 Jun 1973 British
THATCHER, Barbara Director 2008-07-01 Feb 1970 British
WILLIAMS, Tamsyn Director 2005-04-01 Jan 1974 British
Show 5 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROWN, Francis Edwrd Secretary — 1994-06-20
DAVIES, Bernard Rex Secretary 1994-06-20 1997-12-04
PATTERSON, Edna May Director — 2002-12-07
PATTERSON, Rudolph David Director — 2019-04-08
TINDALL, Christopher John Director 1994-10-12 2017-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Ads Group Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2023-02-24 Active
Mr Rudoplh David Patterson Individual Shares 50–75% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-04-08
Mr David Hugh Patterson Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 121 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-10-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-10-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-10-25 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF
2023-10-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates
2023-03-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-02-27 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2022-11-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-03-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-01-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2019-10-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2019-08-01 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2019-03-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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