DRANSFIELD NOVELTY COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+24.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
377
+8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£264K
-93.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,529,004 | £39,589,071 | |
| Operating profit | £3,885,813 | £112,149 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,078,594 | £264,029 | |
| Net profit | £2,640,604 | -£106,619 | |
| Cash | £4,524,937 | £5,632,232 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,805,939 | £22,737,579 | |
| Net assets | £22,805,939 | £22,701,445 | |
| Equity | £22,805,939 | £22,701,445 | |
| Average employees | 348 | 377 | |
| Wages | £11,894,415 | £16,445,528 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.0% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.43x |
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
- Kirk Newsholme
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- DRANSFIELD NOVELTY COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Dransfield Limited 100%
- Reflex Gaming Limited 100%
- Reflex Gaming Holdings B.V 100%
- Crystal & Son Limited 100%
- Bingo Supplies Limited 100%
- Kellyseye Club Supplies Ltd 100%
- BMJ Supplies Ltd 100%
- Club Print Limited 100%
Significant events
- “the entire share capital of Club Print Limited was acquired on 22 October 2024 in conjunction with its wholly owned subsidiary, Crystal & Son Limited and three sister companies Kellyseye Club Supplies Ltd, Bingo Supplies Limited and BMJ Supplies Limited.”
- “A subsidiary company also acquired the trade and assets of another business including goodwill of £6,200 (see note 12).”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the company sold two freehold properties with a combined carrying value of £1,008,365 to a company under common control for consideration totalling £3,080,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Michael James | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | — | — |
| DRANSFIELD, Robert John | Director | — | May 1965 | British |
| HALEY, Christopher | Director | 1999-07-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Michael James | Director | 2013-12-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALEY, Christopher | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 2011-09-01 |
| MOORE, David William | Secretary | — | 1997-08-01 |
| MATTHEWMAN, Howard Lund | Director | — | 2002-11-27 |
| MOORE, David William | Director | — | 1997-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Donald Blaise Hardman | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2024-02-07 | Active |
| Quadrangle Trustee Services Limited | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-29 |
| Lj Capital Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+8.4%
£36,529,004 £39,589,071
-
Cash
+24.5%
£4,524,937 £5,632,232
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£22,805,939 £22,701,445
-
Employees
+8.3%
348 377
-
Operating profit
-97.1%
£3,885,813 £112,149
-
Profit before tax
-93.5%
£4,078,594 £264,029
-
Wages
+38.3%
£11,894,415 £16,445,528
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