DESIGNER SOFAS GROUP LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-4.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+30% vs 2023
Employees
86
+53.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-5.9% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £25,090,488 | £30,600,340 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,267,142 | £2,130,468 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,269,591 | £2,134,933 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,126,391 | £2,134,933 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £4,262,790 | £4,078,953 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £7,247,283 | £9,402,171 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £7,114,237 | £9,249,170 | |
| Equity | £805,917 | £2,099,715 | £4,987,846 | £7,114,237 | £9,249,170 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 56 | 86 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,703,874 | £4,121,804 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £64,000 | £96,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+22%
£25,090,488 £30,600,340
-
Cash
-4.3%
£4,262,790 £4,078,953
-
Net assets
+30%
£7,114,237 £9,249,170
-
Employees
+53.6%
56 86
-
Operating profit
-6%
£2,267,142 £2,130,468
-
Profit before tax
-5.9%
£2,269,591 £2,134,933
-
Wages
+52.4%
£2,703,874 £4,121,804
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 9.0% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 8.5% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 31.3% | 22.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 29.8% | 34.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.51x | 1.81x |
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
- DESIGNER SOFAS GROUP LTD. 2019-03-27 → present
- NATUZZI RETAIL (UK) LTD 2017-10-10 → 2019-03-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Paul Winston Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company held net assets of £9,249,170 (2023: £7,114,237) and cash at year end was £4,078,953 (2023: £4,262,790). Since that time, the business has continued to grow the order book and carefully managed liquidity and working capital. In assessing whether the going concern is appropriate the Director reviewed financial performance, cash flow forecasts, and store-level breakeven analyses. Having taken this and all relevant information up to and including the balance sheet date the Director believes that the Company has adequate resources to continue to trade effectively for the foreseeable future. On that basis, the Director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing this Report and Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “As a result of a historically prudent approach to growth and spending, the business was in a strong position during the year to take advantage of an opportunity to directly acquire a further 6 stores which with strategic planning and investment, we are pleased to say have been fully integrated into the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOLOMON, Michael David | Director | 2017-10-10 | Aug 1968 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael David Solomon | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 23 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2020-10-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2020-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2019-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.