D.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-09 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-26

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£773K

-80.5% lowest in 10 filed years

Net assets

£5M

-40.7% lowest in 6 filed years

Employees

-2.5% lowest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£8K

-95.5% lowest in 6 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Industrials median

D.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£6,372,419	—	£5,831,323	—	£5,528,204	—	£5,689,990	—	£5,520,369	£5,299,035
Operating profit	£542,699	—	£781,478	—	£380,362	—	£154,847	—	£66,183	-£70,404
Profit before tax	£553,848	—	£787,035	—	£381,642	—	£187,477	—	£182,684	£8,262
Net profit	£453,373	—	£678,016	—	£183,673	—	£167,933	—	£126,295	-£8,246
Cash	£2,782,836	£2,782,836	£3,989,197	£3,989,197	£4,015,734	£4,015,734	£3,709,276	£3,709,276	£3,973,580	£772,980
Total assets less current liabilities	£7,016,013	—	£7,673,694	—	£7,960,353	—	£8,164,323	—	£8,270,143	£5,145,994
Net assets	£6,551,732	—	£7,221,748	—	£7,377,421	—	£7,531,354	—	£7,657,649	£4,537,778
Equity	£6,551,732	£6,551,732	£7,221,748	£7,221,748	£7,377,421	£7,377,421	£7,531,354	£7,531,354	£7,657,649	£4,537,778
Average employees	88	—	86	—	81	—	81	—	79	77
Wages	£2,891,094	—	£2,933,196	—	£2,573,068	—	£2,649,482	—	£2,622,303	£2,618,485

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	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	8.5%	—	13.4%	—	6.9%	—	2.7%	—	1.2%	-1.3%
Net margin	7.1%	—	11.6%	—	3.3%	—	3.0%	—	2.3%	-0.2%
Return on capital employed	7.7%	—	10.2%	—	4.8%	—	1.9%	—	0.8%	-1.4%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.57x	4.16x

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: Kreston Reeves LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Following a 6% price increase to customers on 1st April 2025 no events or conditions have been identified that may individually or collectively, cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

D.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
1. Diaforce Limited 100% · UK
2. Diagrit Electrometallics Limited 100% · UK
3. Kendia (Diamond Products) Limited 100% · UK
4. Ni-Form Limited 100% · UK
5. Rushden Grinding Company Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

“Following the retirement of Mr & Mrs Salter (including the BAHD Pension Fund) the company bought back the 1,705 shares for a value of £3,111,625.”
“Several investments have been committed to including a new Alpha lathe, a refurb of our Effluent Pit and an upgrade to the heating distribution system.”
“A rise in costs following increases in the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage will be challenging in the forthcoming year. As well as increases in Employers National Insurance.”
“Global economic uncertainty remains and intensifies due to worldwide conflict including trade tariffs.”
“A 6% price increase to customers on 1st April 2025 was deemed necessary.”
“We will be exhibiting at the JEC show in Paris in March 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 12 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
MILLS, Darren Michael	Secretary	2020-10-29	—	—
EMPTAGE, John Paul	Director	2024-04-01	May 1970	British
GENTLE, Andrew John, Mr.	Director	2015-11-01	Oct 1961	British
MILLS, Darren Michael, Mr.	Director	2015-11-01	May 1969	British

Show 12 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SALTER, Brian Edwin, Mr.	Secretary	—	2020-10-29
DAWKINS, John Campbell Francis	Director	—	1999-11-21
FRANKS, Desmond Meadows	Director	—	2000-09-22
HICKS, Henry Frederick	Director	—	2008-05-23
JESSOP, Alexandra Mary	Director	2010-02-26	2011-09-05
JESSOP, Timothy Winston	Director	2000-10-19	2011-09-05
JESSOP, Timothy Winston	Director	1995-04-03	1998-10-29
SALTER, Brian Edwin, Mr.	Director	—	2024-10-17
SALTER, Donna Louise	Director	2010-02-26	2024-10-17
SMART, David James	Director	—	2017-04-30
SMART, Lynda Jean	Director	2010-02-26	2017-04-30
WHITEHOUSE, Anthony	Director	—	2004-07-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Brian Edwin Salter	Individual	Voting 25–50%	2024-09-26	Ceased 2024-10-17
Mr Brian Edwin Salter	Individual	Voting 25–50%	2017-04-10	Ceased 2023-09-18
Mrs Jane Dawkins	Individual	Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 155 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-19	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2025-01-20	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2024-12-12	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2024-10-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-10-23	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2024-10-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-10-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-10-17	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-26	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-04-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-10-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-09-21	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-09-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-11-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-10-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 4
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

-4%

£5,520,369 £5,299,035

lowest in 6 filed years
Cash

-80.5%

£3,973,580 £772,980

lowest in 10 filed years
Net assets

-40.7%

£7,657,649 £4,537,778

lowest in 6 filed years
Employees

-2.5%

79 77

lowest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

-206.4%

£66,183 -£70,404

lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

-95.5%

£182,684 £8,262

lowest in 6 filed years
Wages

-0.1%

£2,622,303 £2,618,485

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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