MERSON SIGNS LIMITED

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

  0%

  £28,683,800 → £28,693,824

• Cash

  -38%

  £991,893 → £614,499

• Net assets

  +16.8%

  £4,643,853 → £5,425,101

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -3.7%

  188 → 181

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -34.9%

  £767,614 → £500,090

• Profit before tax

  -71.2%

  £404,272 → £116,376

• Wages

  -4.4%

  £7,294,677 → £6,971,670

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Chiene + Tait LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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 group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the Consolidated Financial Statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. MERSON SIGNS LIMITED · parent
   1. ASG Europe sp. Zo. o. 100% · Poland
   2. Store A-Z Ltd 100% · Basildon, Essex
   3. IPHCo Ltd 100% · Glasgow
   4. Merson Signs sp.Zo. o (formerly SignPro Europe sp. Zo. o.) 100% · Poland
   5. PPCO sp. Zo. o. 50% · Torun
   6. Merson Digital Limited 50% · Glasgow

Significant events

• “The business experienced a stable trading position this year with sales of £28.7m (2023 - £28.7m).”
• “Merson Digital Ltd, our Digital Joint Venture business, which is not consolidated, generated £5.5m (2023 - £1.4m) turnover.”
• “Gross Margins reduced to 32.9% (2023 - 34.4%) due to inflation and negative currency swings.”
• “Retained Profit for the financial year of £357k (2023 - £207k) with JV results.”
• “Balance Sheet value improved significantly due to uplifts in heritable property values.”
• “Raw material price inflation persists and is monitored on a job-by-job basis.”
• “Investment in accreditations and product innovation to differentiate the Group from low-cost micro-operators.”
• “Investment in training and Continual Professional Development processes.”
• “Driving digital transformation internally (ERP systems) and externally (3D and Virtual Reality design/product development).”
• “Investment in qualifying for CCPI, CWCT and BS13501 structural and fire certification for CGL Systems division.”
• “Construction sector experiencing a slowdown due to Building Safety Act 2022 gateway processes.”
• “Merson Digital Ltd saw increased traction with Digital out of Home (DOOH) and Arena clients, with £7m pipeline opportunities.”
• “Long term impact of Brexit continues to bring challenges in the movement of goods across borders.”
• “Directors regard revenue, gross margins, and profit after taxation to be the key financial indicators of performance.”
• “The construction sector is currently experiencing a slowdown due to the impact of the Building Safety Act 2022 gateway processes stemming from the Grenfell enquiry. Projects are being delayed and as a result the order book for future work is building and the forecast for the second half of 2025 onwards is strong.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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