WILLIAM SUGG AND COMPANY LTD

Active
Company number 11798549Private limited companyIncorporated 2019

Key figures

−£1,029,077-30.7%
Net assets 2025
-1.5 m-1 m-500 k0202020212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, WILLIAM SUGG AND COMPANY LTD does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 27400

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

Net assets−£1,029,077
Lower than 97% · median £41,626
Total assets£500,114
Higher than 62% · median £198,887
Cash£107,162
Higher than 55% · median £79,283
Employees0
Lower than 65% · median 2
Company age7.8 years
Younger than 57% · 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, so those groups are smaller than 960. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WILLIAM SUGG AND COMPANY LTD

What kind of company is it?

WILLIAM SUGG AND COMPANY LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 11798549. It was incorporated on 31 Jan 2019. Its status is active. The registered office is in Horsham (RH13). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electric lighting equipment (27400).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were −£1,029,077, down 30.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £107,162. Total assets were £500,114 and total liabilities £1,547,005. The company had an average of 0 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 960 active companies whose first SIC code is 27400: By net assets it ranks lower than 97% of them (median £41,626). By total assets it ranks higher than 62% of them (median £198,887). By cash it ranks higher than 55% of them (median £79,283). By number of employees it ranks lower than 65% of them (median 2). It is younger than 57% 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 Worcestershire County Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £40.5k.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, electrical equipment, coated textiles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, iron and steel, iron and steel articles.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 1 current director. One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 2 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Cash at bank and in hand11,13842,59412,55342,863107,162
Total assets330,083412,717197,037342,938500,114
Total liabilities621,067861,355945,1461,145,4321,547,005
Net assets / total equity-259,898-422,393-738,203-787,187-1,029,077
Average number of employees99900

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 contract

WILLIAM SUGG AND COMPANY LTD is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Worcestershire County Council. Its published value is £40.5k.

Contract
  1. Stourport Bridge Grade 2 Lanterns Replacement - WCC 2025 2278Worcestershire County Council · £40,469

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. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, electrical equipment, coated textiles and ceramics.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, iron and steel, iron and steel articles, plastics and machinery.

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

20 events
  1. Lucy Alice BUBB resignedDirector
  2. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets −£1m, 0 employees
  3. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets −£787.2k, 0 employees
  4. Neil Chaloner Scott STANTON appointedDirector
  5. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets −£738.2k, 9 employees
  6. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets −£422.4k, 9 employees
  7. Mark Ian JONES resignedDirector
  8. Lucy Alice BUBB appointedDirector
Earlier events (12)
  1. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets −£259.9k, 9 employees
  2. Nigel Jonathan RUTHERFORD resignedDirector
  3. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets −£95.3k, 7 employees
  4. Hero Capital Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  5. Mr Mark Ian Jones ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mr Nigel Rutherford ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Name changed to WILLIAM SUGG AND COMPANY LTDPreviously WESTMINSTER HERITAGE LIGHTING LIMITED
  8. Nigel Jonathan RUTHERFORD appointedDirector
  9. Mark Ian JONES appointedDirector
  10. Mr Mark Ian Jones registered as a person with significant control
  11. Mr Nigel Rutherford registered as a person with significant control
  12. 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.