DUN & BRADSTREET LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-05 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£83K
-74% vs 2023
Net assets
£86M
+34.8% vs 2023
Employees
296
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£25M
+119.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,250,000 | £122,486,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,834,000 | £21,914,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,489,000 | £25,268,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,996,000 | £20,435,000 | |
| Cash | £319,000 | £83,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,918,000 | £94,837,000 | |
| Net assets | £63,428,000 | £85,531,000 | |
| Equity | £63,428,000 | £85,531,000 | |
| Average employees | 285 | 296 | |
| Wages | £26,025,000 | £28,901,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 16.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 23.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.2% | 58.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 18.63x | 33.56x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements”
Group structure
- DUN & BRADSTREET LIMITED · parent
- Dun & Bradstreet Finance Limited 100%
- Dun & Bradstreet Investments Limited 100%
- DBXB ANZ Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Dun & Bradstreet Group, of which the company is a part, has received the necessary shareholders approval to proceed with the take private acquisition by Clear Lake Capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Amy Kyla | Secretary | 2022-07-15 | — | — |
| BATTISSON, Greg | Director | 2017-02-07 | Apr 1978 | British |
| LEWINS, Rosemarie Jane | Director | 2006-10-04 | Jun 1968 | British |
| PROWER, Julian Nicholas Nigel | Director | 2017-02-07 | Oct 1966 | British |
| RANDALL, Edgar | Director | 2022-07-28 | Apr 1978 | British |
| THORNE, Edward Charles John | Director | 2017-02-09 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Raymond Alan, Mr. | Secretary | — | 1994-09-26 |
| JOHNSON, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-12-12 | 2017-02-07 |
| MARSHALL, William Shadburn | Secretary | 1994-09-26 | 2001-11-19 |
| PERFREMENT, Mark | Secretary | 2010-05-04 | 2016-12-12 |
| SIDHU, Paramdeep | Secretary | 2017-02-07 | 2022-07-15 |
| SYER, Christopher John Owen | Secretary | 2001-11-19 | 2009-12-31 |
| ARCHER, Richard James Goodwin | Director | — | 1995-07-27 |
| BUSHELL, Anthony Robert | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| CLIFTON, Peta Elizabeth | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2009-06-30 |
| CONWAY, Aidan | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2017-08-11 |
| DENHOLM, John Neil | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2006-01-20 |
| DICK, James Andrew | Director | — | 1993-09-27 |
| EDWARDS, Nicola Jane | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2004-07-01 |
| ERLANDSON, Christian | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2017-02-07 |
| FLEMING, Mary Gerardine | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2006-02-28 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 1995-07-27 | 2000-02-04 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 1993-09-27 | 1994-09-30 |
| GUPTA, Neel | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2016-04-25 |
| HELLIWELL, Simon Anthony | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2007-10-23 |
| HENKEL, Claes Goran | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| HODSON, Roger Francis | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2014-03-31 |
| HUMBLE, John William | Director | — | 1996-07-09 |
| IBBOTSON, Cara Denise | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2005-03-11 |
| LE PROUX DE LA RIVIERE, Bruno Jean | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2002-07-02 |
| LEFERINK, Sabine | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2022-07-28 |
| MALONE, Mark Richard | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2005-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, William Shadburn | Director | 1993-09-27 | 2002-07-02 |
| MATHIESON, Lynn | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1994-10-01 |
| MITCHELL, Niall James | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2011-06-02 |
| MURPHY, James Timmerman | Director | 2001-02-19 | 2003-01-20 |
| MURPHY, James Timmerman | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2001-02-19 |
| PALMER, Brian John | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1993-10-29 |
| PALOMINO, Jorge Humberto Forton | Director | 2006-06-28 | 2016-04-25 |
| PRESTON, Mark | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1999-05-11 |
| RIPPON, Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick, The Rt Hon The Lord Rippon Of Hexham | Director | — | 1996-07-09 |
| ROGERSON, Gavin | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2016-04-25 |
| SARNA, Howard Keith | Director | 2006-03-27 | 2007-11-30 |
| SOWINSKI, Frank Stanley | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2000-10-11 |
| STEVENSON, Gerald Brownson | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| STYNES, John | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2013-12-24 |
| TAMBLYN-JONES, Gareth | Director | 2009-01-27 | 2012-08-13 |
| TAYLOR, Volney | Director | — | 1999-10-25 |
| TURLAND, Kevin John | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2006-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Keith Henry | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| WOOD, William Lee | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2002-12-23 |
| WOOD, William Lee | Director | 2001-02-19 | 2002-07-02 |
| WOOLSTON, Piers Dominic Gilchrist | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2016-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D&B Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.1%
£111,250,000 £122,486,000
-
Cash
-74%
£319,000 £83,000
-
Net assets
+34.8%
£63,428,000 £85,531,000
-
Employees
+3.9%
285 296
-
Operating profit
+122.8%
£9,834,000 £21,914,000
-
Profit before tax
+119.9%
£11,489,000 £25,268,000
-
Wages
+11.1%
£26,025,000 £28,901,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers