SOUTHGATE LIGHTING LIMITED

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  Audit opinion: Qualified

  Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

• Turnover

  -3.3%

  £7,550,421 → £7,297,663

• Cash

  -3%

  £2,856,396 → £2,769,997

• Net assets

  -9%

  £5,140,307 → £4,679,876

• Employees

  +4.2%

  48 → 50

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -64%

  £1,338,225 → £481,734

• Profit before tax

  -64.1%

  £1,341,136 → £481,533

• Wages

  +6.2%

  £1,743,497 → £1,851,896

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

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.

1. SOUTHGATE LIGHTING LIMITED 1993-02-15 → present
2. SOUTHGATE MARKETING LIMITED 1992-02-07 → 1993-02-15

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Parsons Accountants Ltd

Audit opinion

Qualified

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt a going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “UK businesses are currently navigating a period of significant uncertainty due to a combination of global and domestic events, including the ongoing effects of Brexit, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased environmental sustainability pressures, and geopolitical challenges such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These events have created an economic climate marked by persistent inflation, rising interest rates, labour shortages and supply chain disruptions.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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.