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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

  1. DECCO LIMITED 1989-02-01 → present
  2. DECCO STERN OSMAT LIMITED 1986-01-13 → 1989-02-01
  3. STERN OSMAT LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1986-01-13
  4. F.W.STERN LIMITED 1946-08-12 → 1981-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 266259
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 3.5%2.7%
Net margin 2.9%3.0%
Return on capital employed 6.0%4.4%
Current ratio 5.17x5.18x
Interest cover 154.80x80.78x

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

  1. DECCO LIMITED · parent
    1. K Supplies Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    2. K Supplies Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    3. Decco Pension Trustees Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

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 PDF
2025-11-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-19 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-03-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-05-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2020-05-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2020-05-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2020-05-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2019-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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