DECCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£26M
+2.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£66M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
259
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+3.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DECCO LIMITED 1989-02-01 → present
- DECCO STERN OSMAT LIMITED 1986-01-13 → 1989-02-01
- STERN OSMAT LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1986-01-13
- F.W.STERN LIMITED 1946-08-12 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,446,000 | £110,111,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,870,000 | £2,989,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,242,000 | £4,395,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,203,000 | £3,265,000 | |
| Cash | £25,850,000 | £26,440,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,305,000 | £67,432,000 | |
| Net assets | £61,972,000 | £65,583,000 | |
| Equity | £61,972,000 | £65,583,000 | |
| Average employees | 266 | 259 | |
| Wages | £9,686,000 | £9,754,000 |
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 | 3.5% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.0% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.17x | 5.18x | |
| Interest cover | 154.80x | 80.78x |
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
- Fiander Tovell Limited
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DECCO LIMITED · parent
- K Supplies Holdings Limited 100%
- K Supplies Limited 100%
- Decco Pension Trustees Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YU, Leo | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | — | — |
| WESTBROOK, Steven | Director | 2006-05-26 | Feb 1956 | British |
| YU, Leo | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jun 1984 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Bryce Rowan | Secretary | 1998-02-27 | 2007-01-15 |
| SMITH, Stewart John | Secretary | — | 1998-02-20 |
| WESTBROOK, Steven | Secretary | 2007-01-15 | 2018-01-01 |
| BATEMAN, Michael John | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| BROOKS, Bryce Rowan | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2007-01-15 |
| COLBURN, Richard Whiting | Director | 1995-12-21 | 1997-11-28 |
| COLBURN, Richard Dunton | Director | — | 1995-12-21 |
| COOKE, Stuart Malcolm | Director | 1993-11-30 | 2004-02-29 |
| FALCONER, Ian Gordon | Director | — | 1999-04-09 |
| FALCONER, Ian Gordon | Director | — | 1994-07-09 |
| FINDLAY, John Milne | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2017-05-04 |
| GODDARD, Roger David | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2007-01-15 |
| HOGEL, Carol Colburn | Director | 1995-12-21 | 2000-11-13 |
| HOGEL, Jens Christian | Director | — | 2000-01-21 |
| HOPWOOD, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2002-05-13 | 2006-11-01 |
| JACKSON, Barry | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2017-05-04 |
| MCNAIR, Douglas Talbot | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2007-01-15 |
| PALMER, Nigel John | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| SCHOFIELD, David John | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2017-05-04 |
| SMITH, Stewart John | Director | — | 1998-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Leo Yu | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2020-05-05 |
| Mr Steven Westbrook | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-06 |
| Mr Nigel John Palmer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-06 |
| Mr Barry Jackson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-06 |
| Mr David John Schofield | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-30 |
| Mr John Milne Findlay | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-04 |
| Newbury Investments (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-1.2%
£111,446,000 £110,111,000
-
Cash
+2.3%
£25,850,000 £26,440,000
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£61,972,000 £65,583,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
266 259
-
Operating profit
-22.8%
£3,870,000 £2,989,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.6%
£4,242,000 £4,395,000
-
Wages
+0.7%
£9,686,000 £9,754,000
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