SIGNET UK FINANCE PLC
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Cash
£121k
USD 151,000
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£261k
USD 324,000
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£40k
USD 50,000
Period ending 2025-02-01
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As such, the Directors have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Directors believe that the Company has sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations as they fall due up to and through the date at which the Company can be liquidated; however, the date of such liquidation cannot be estimated by management at this time.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £39,280 | £40,219 | — | |
| Net profit | £29,853 | £29,762 | — | |
| Cash | £2,106,214 | £121,461 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,582,292 | £260,618 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,582,292 | £260,618 | — | |
| Equity | £2,582,292 | £260,618 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.804 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.8% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 25.92x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As such, the Directors have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Directors believe that the Company has sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations as they fall due up to and through the date at which the Company can be liquidated; however, the date of such liquidation cannot be estimated by management at this time.”
Significant events
- “On May 19, 2014, the Company issued $400 million senior unsecured notes (the "Senior Notes"). On September 5, 2019, the Company announced the commencement of a tender offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding Senior Notes. The Senior Notes were due in June 2024, at which time they were paid in full.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Benjamin | Secretary | 2018-12-21 | — | — |
| HARRIS, Benjamin | Director | 2023-01-04 | Apr 1983 | British |
| HILSON, Joan | Director | 2019-04-23 | Sep 1959 | American |
| KELLY, Marianne | Director | 2018-12-21 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENKINS, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2014-04-17 | 2018-06-30 |
| KRUEGER, Laurel | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | 2018-12-21 |
| BARNES, Michael Wilks | Director | 2014-04-17 | 2014-10-31 |
| JENKINS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2014-04-17 | 2018-06-30 |
| LIGHT, Mark Steven | Director | 2014-10-31 | 2017-07-31 |
| MILES, Raina Margaret | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2023-01-03 |
| RISTAU, Ronald William | Director | 2014-04-17 | 2014-07-31 |
| SANTANA, Michele | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2019-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signet Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-21 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.