DEBDEN IMPORTING (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+15.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
14
-17.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19K
+112.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DEBDEN IMPORTING (U.K.) LIMITED 1992-07-03 → present
- EDWARDS DUNLOP AND COMPANY (LONDON) LIMITED 1933-12-22 → 1992-07-03
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 | £5,851,457 | £5,372,850 | |
| Operating profit | -£143,637 | £5,984 | |
| Profit before tax | -£143,637 | £18,566 | |
| Net profit | -£143,488 | £18,417 | |
| Cash | £2,141,603 | £2,481,347 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,945,612 | £4,964,029 | |
| Net assets | £4,945,612 | £4,964,029 | |
| Equity | £4,945,612 | £4,964,029 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 14 | |
| Wages | £588,117 | £520,961 |
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 | -2.5% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.9% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.5% | 22.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.58x | 4.42x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have no hesitation in continuing to present the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DEBDEN IMPORTING (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Collins Debden Limited 100%
- Collins Debden USA Inc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIOTTS REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-11-01 | — | — |
| CHAN, Cheng Fei | Director | 2018-06-29 | Apr 1971 | Singaporean |
| HAYAT, Raja | Director | 2017-12-18 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Peter John | Secretary | 1993-09-13 | 2018-11-01 |
| HARRIS, John Elias | Secretary | — | 1993-09-13 |
| BAIGENT, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1995-09-04 | 1996-04-26 |
| BROOKS, Anthony Wayne | Director | 1999-09-26 | 2002-03-29 |
| CHAN, Connie Oi Yan | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2020-12-31 |
| CHOO, Soo Eng | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2016-06-08 |
| CHUA, Chay Hoon Jessica | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2013-01-16 |
| COADY, Evan Edward | Director | — | 1996-04-12 |
| DARROCH, Jacqueline | Director | 1996-05-08 | 2024-04-28 |
| FRANCE, Keith | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2016-11-28 |
| HABERGHAM, William David Robert | Director | 1995-09-04 | 1999-06-30 |
| HARRIS, John Elias | Director | — | 1993-09-13 |
| LIM, Poon Kheng Eugene | Director | 2016-06-08 | 2018-06-29 |
| LO, Chih Hao Howard | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2010-07-16 |
| LO, Chih-Hao Howard | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2013-12-21 |
| MCALPINE, John Calder | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-08-24 |
| MCALPINE, John Calder | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2003-03-28 |
| MCALPINE, John Calder | Director | 1995-09-04 | 2001-08-31 |
| MCROBERTS, William David | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2011-09-19 |
| MULJONO, Wiria | Director | 2014-04-16 | 2015-12-02 |
| SEE, Kai Wai | Director | 2007-01-30 | 2008-08-04 |
| SUWARGANDA, Ian Kardian | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2011-11-18 |
| WU, Percy | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2007-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-8.2%
£5,851,457 £5,372,850
-
Cash
+15.9%
£2,141,603 £2,481,347
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£4,945,612 £4,964,029
-
Employees
-17.6%
17 14
-
Operating profit
+104.2%
-£143,637 £5,984
-
Profit before tax
+112.9%
-£143,637 £18,566
-
Wages
-11.4%
£588,117 £520,961
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