VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS LIMITED

Active
Company number 09103302Private limited companyIncorporated 2014

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 27400

Where the company stands among the 960 active companies whose first SIC code is 27400 (Manufacture of electric lighting equipment).

Company age12.4 years
Older than 59% · median 9.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. DEXTRA GROUP PLC£45m
  2. EATON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED£41.1m
  3. RITELITE (SYSTEMS) LIMITED£34.6m
  4. CHAUVET EUROPE LIMITED£31.7m
  5. COLLINGWOOD LIGHTING LIMITED£25.7m
  6. SHIRES HOLDINGS LIMITED£19.4m
  7. WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED£14.7m
  8. BRITISH ELECTRIC LAMPS LIMITED£14.5m
  9. VERTICALLY URBAN HOLDINGS LIMITED£14.2m
  10. HOLOPHANE EUROPE LIMITED£12.2m

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 09103302. It was incorporated on 26 Jun 2014. Its status is active. The registered office is in Solihull (B90). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electric lighting equipment (27400).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 960 active companies whose first SIC code is 27400: It is older than 59% of them (median age 9.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Leeds City Council. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 6 Aug 2027.

Public contracts

1 contract

VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Leeds City Council. 1 award is shared with other suppliers.

Contract
  1. Supply and Installation of Variable Message Signs 2016/18‡Leeds City Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £2,000,000 in total

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.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Hill & Smith Infrastructure Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Name changed to VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS LIMITEDPreviously VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS (TRADING) LIMITED
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.