Company · Scotland

Designers' Friend

Designers' Friend is a business software developer incorporated in Scotland in 2012 (SC437398).

What they do

“designers'friend.uk is the web development studio creatives use.”

In its own words, on designersfriend.co.uk

In plain speak

They make websites for creative professionals and designers.

Ayeoh Overview

Designers' Friend is a business software developer. (Companies House) It was incorporated in Scotland on 22 Nov 2012 as company SC437398. (Companies House) Its website says: “uk is the web development studio creatives use.” (designersfriend.co.uk)

Companies House lists 2 active officers, among them Andrew Mathieson (director, since Nov 2012) and Aline Cristina de Lima Carvalho Mathieson (director, since Apr 2022). (Companies House, profile card) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 30 Nov 2025, show 3 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Financials

Net assets: £157k (30 Nov 2025), up 31% on £120k a year earlier
Employees: 3 on average (30 Nov 2025), unchanged on a year earlier (3)

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2025

Next accounts due 31 Aug 2027.

2 charges registered at Companies House as outstanding: security over the company's assets for borrowing or another obligation, per the 1 Oct 2026 register snapshot. See the charges

From the accounts made up to 30 Nov 2025, micro-entity accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year end	Net assets	Staff
30 Nov 2025	£157k	3
30 Nov 2024	£120k	3

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

30 Nov 2025accountsAccounts year end
30 Nov 2024accountsAccounts year end
25 Apr 2022directorAline Cristina de Lima Carvalho Mathieson appointed Director
22 Nov 2012directorAndrew Mathieson appointed Director
22 Nov 2012incorporatedDesigners' Friend incorporated as SC437398

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

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Record completeness 59 of 100; not yet held: city, three years of accounts, turnover, news coverage.

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How it compares

Net assets £157k: 409th of 4,216 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 3 on average: joint 510th of 4,480 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 22 Nov 2012: 1,841st of 8,995 software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-09. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.