SEC LIGHTING SERVICES TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
-14.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.9m
-14.3% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14m
-0.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,595,000 | £29,139,000 | £26,683,000 | -8.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,334,000 | £3,795,000 | £4,052,000 | +6.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £14,135,000 | £13,616,000 | £13,531,000 | -0.6% | |
| Net profit | £13,335,000 | £6,775,000 | £1,045,000 | -84.6% | |
| Cash | £13,422,000 | £15,109,000 | £12,867,000 | -14.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,397,000 | £10,323,000 | £8,851,000 | -14.3% | |
| Equity | £3,397,000 | £10,323,000 | £8,851,000 | -14.3% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 13.0% | 15.2% | |
| Net margin | 42.2% | 23.3% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.9% | 96.4% | 96.5% | |
| Current ratio | 7.85x | 7.27x | 7.53x | |
| Interest cover | 0.41x | 0.39x | 0.47x |
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
- SEC LIGHTING SERVICES TRADING LIMITED 2008-03-18 → present
- SEEBOARD TRADING LIMITED 1996-10-23 → 2008-03-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- SEC LIGHTING SERVICES TRADING LIMITED · parent
- SEC Highway Lighting (No.2) Limited 100%
- SEC Highway Lighting (No.3) Limited 100%
- TVL (Hampshire) Holding Limited 100%
- TVL (Southampton) Holding Limited 100%
- TVL (West Sussex) Holding Limited 100%
- TVL (Nottingham) Holding Limited 100%
- TVL (Knowsley) Holding Limited 100%
- Ealing Lighting (Finance) Limited 100%
- Islington Lighting (Finance) Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Hampshire) Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Southampton) Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (West Sussex) Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Nottingham) Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Knowsley) Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Nottingham) Midco Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Southampton) Midco Limited 100%
- Tay Valley Lighting (Knowsley) Midco Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUITIX MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| HOLMAN, Hannah | Director | 2026-07-10 | May 1980 | British |
| SCOTT, Jack Anthony | Director | 2021-10-15 | Jan 1992 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, David Thomas | Secretary | 2015-02-27 | 2020-02-26 |
| CLARKE, Emma Margaret | Secretary | 2020-02-26 | 2022-10-11 |
| DONNELLY, Lawrence John Vincent | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2011-11-21 |
| FOWLER, Jack Leonard | Secretary | 2022-10-11 | 2024-07-04 |
| HIGSON, Robert Ian | Secretary | 2002-11-15 | 2008-02-29 |
| HOLLIDAY, Beth | Secretary | 2024-07-04 | 2025-11-01 |
| MACKINLAY, Gavin William | Secretary | 2014-11-11 | 2015-02-27 |
| NAGLE, Michael | Secretary | 1996-10-23 | 2002-11-15 |
| SHARMA, Brian Dominic | Secretary | 2013-08-08 | 2014-11-11 |
| TANNER, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2011-11-21 | 2013-08-08 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-10-23 | 1996-10-23 |
| ALLAN, Derrick Davidson | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2014-11-11 |
| BAILEY, Jonathan | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2014-11-11 |
| CADOUX HUDSON, Humphrey Alan Edward | Director | 2000-08-03 | 2008-02-29 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Samuel | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2024-09-30 |
| CUTTILL, Paul Andrew | Director | 2006-10-13 | 2008-02-29 |
| DATE, Stephen James | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-11-20 |
| DE RIVAZ, Vincent | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2004-01-01 |
| ELLIS, Thomas James | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2002-07-29 |
| GUTTERIDGE, Stephen | Director | 1996-10-23 | 1997-09-30 |
| HILLMAN, Christopher Michael | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2014-11-11 |
| MACKINLAY, Gavin William | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2018-09-03 |
| MAES, Miriam | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-10-12 |
| NAYLOR, Gary Paul | Director | 2025-05-21 | 2026-07-10 |
| PAVIA, Michael James | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2003-07-31 |
| PETERS, Antony Edward | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2017-02-10 |
| RAVI KUMAR, Balasingham | Director | 2024-09-30 | 2025-05-21 |
| ROUGH, Mark Charles | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-11-11 |
| SHARMA, Brian Dominic | Director | 2013-08-08 | 2014-11-11 |
| SMITH, Anthony Robert | Director | 1996-10-23 | 1998-01-15 |
| TANNER, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2013-08-08 |
| THAKRAR, Amit Rishi Jaysukh | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2021-10-15 |
| WEIGHT, John | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2002-07-29 |
| YATES, Philip Stephen | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2014-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equitix Infrastructure 3 Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.