ENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Like most small UK companies, ENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.
Ratios
2024Sector comparison
SIC 32990Where the company stands among the 16,354 active companies whose first SIC code is 32990 (Other manufacturing n.e.c.).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 16,354. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
ENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 05015222. It was incorporated on 14 Jan 2004. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bedford (MK40). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other manufacturing n.e.c. (32990).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were £220,284, up 17.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £153,589. The company had an average of 21 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020–2024).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 16,354 active companies whose first SIC code is 32990: By net assets it ranks higher than 67% of them (median £45,188). By total assets it ranks higher than 76% of them (median £157,459). By cash it ranks higher than 61% of them (median £73,979). By number of employees it ranks higher than 90% of them (median 2). It is older than 70% of them (median age 13.6 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Leicester City Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £38.5k. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £7,706, from Department for Work and Pensions.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, machinery, man-made filaments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly miscellaneous metal articles.
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 3 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 1 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 10 Feb 2027.
Filed accounts2020–2024
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash at bank and in hand | 114,565 | 77,020 | 19,099 | 172,995 | 153,589 |
| Total assets | 851,408 | 848,357 | 679,077 | 894,948 | 996,986 |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net assets / total equity | 317,063 | 205,598 | 101,650 | 187,117 | 220,284 |
| Average number of employees | 13 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
1 contractENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Leicester City Council. Its published value is £38.5k.
- PAN2585 - Internal & external signage for Active Leicester Leisure Centres‡Leicester City Council · £38,539
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Government grants
1 grantENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £7,706.
- ENSIGN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONSDepartment for Work and Pensions · £7,706 · Kickstart Scheme
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: plastics, machinery, man-made filaments, wadding, felt and rope and aluminium.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous metal articles.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
26 events- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £220.3k, 21 employees
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £187.1k, 21 employees
- Shenley Bay Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Mrs Claire Louise English ceased to be a person with significant control
- Mr Christos English ceased to be a person with significant control
- Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £101.7k, 21 employees
- Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £205.6k, 12 employees
- Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £317.1k, 13 employees
Earlier events (18)
- Claire Louise ENGLISH appointedDirector
- Oliver Patrick ENGLISH appointedDirector
- Mrs Claire Louise English registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Christos English registered as a person with significant control
- ARKGLEN LIMITED resignedSecretary (corporate)
- ARKGLEN LIMITED resignedSecretary (corporate)
- Adrian ABBOTT resignedDirector
- HAINES WATTS BEDFORD resignedSecretary (corporate)
- ARKGLEN LIMITED appointedSecretary (corporate)
- ARKGLEN LIMITED appointedSecretary (corporate)
- Christos Dario ENGLISH resignedSecretary
- HAINES WATTS BEDFORD appointedSecretary (corporate)
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedNominee secretary (corporate)
- Christos Dario ENGLISH appointedDirector
- Christos Dario ENGLISH appointedSecretary
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedNominee secretary (corporate)
- Adrian ABBOTT appointedDirector
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.