DESIGNER SOFAS GROUP LTD.
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Cash
£5.2m
highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£10m
highest in 6 filed years
Employees
102
highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,216,392 | £25,361,580 | £25,090,488 | £30,600,340 | £53,608,103 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,267,142 | £2,130,468 | £1,208,389 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,592,948 | £3,269,205 | £2,269,591 | £2,134,933 | £1,208,518 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £1,293,798 | £2,888,130 | £2,126,391 | £2,134,933 | £1,208,518 | — | |
| Cash | £1,504,142 | £2,914,563 | £3,024,773 | £4,262,790 | £4,078,953 | £5,162,158 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,002,645 | £2,099,715 | £5,114,278 | £7,247,283 | £9,402,171 | £10,631,021 | — | |
| Net assets | £805,917 | £2,099,715 | £4,987,845 | £7,114,237 | £9,249,170 | £10,457,688 | — | |
| Equity | £805,917 | £2,099,715 | £4,987,846 | £7,114,237 | £9,249,170 | £10,457,688 | — | |
| Average employees | 42 | 49 | 72 | 56 | 86 | 102 | — | |
| Wages | — | £1,559,951 | £2,443,920 | £2,703,874 | £4,121,804 | £7,071,766 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £42,500 | £49,000 | £64,000 | £96,000 | £147,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £1,275 | £1,321 | £1,981 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £97,321 | £148,981 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 18 months versus 12 months prior. 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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 9.0% | 7.0% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.5% | 11.4% | 8.5% | 7.0% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 31.3% | 22.7% | 11.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.4% | 61.2% | 39.4% | 29.8% | 34.2% | 39.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.51x | 1.81x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 92.53x |
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 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.”
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 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
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.