DUN & BRADSTREET FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-27 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-13
Watchouts
Cash
£371K
-97.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£48M
+57% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£18M
+16,283.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Outstanding charges registered
One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.
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 | £772,000 | £939,000 | |
| Operating profit | £686,000 | £861,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £112,000 | £18,350,000 | |
| Net profit | £112,000 | £17,444,000 | |
| Cash | £16,438,000 | £371,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £30,595,000 | £48,039,000 | |
| Equity | £30,595,000 | £48,039,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 88.9% | 91.7% | |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 1857.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 16.54x | |
| Interest cover | 0.10x | 0.20x |
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
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company is a going concern. These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and do not include any adjustments that would be necessary if this basis were inappropriate, on the grounds that the ultimate parent company, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc, a company incorporated in the United States of America, will provide sufficient financial support to enable the company to discharge its debts and liabilities as they fall due, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DUN & BRADSTREET FINANCE LIMITED · parent
- Dun & Bradstreet Investments Limited 1%
- DBXB ANZ Pty Ltd 1%
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Dun & Bradstreet Group, of which the company is a part, has received the necessary shareholders approval to proceed with the take private acquisition by Clear Lake Capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Amy Kyla | Secretary | 2022-07-15 | — | — |
| BATTISSON, Gregory James | Director | 2021-11-23 | Apr 1978 | British |
| LEWINS, Rosemarie Jane | Director | 2006-10-04 | Jun 1968 | British |
| MORITZ, Bruce | Director | 2023-06-30 | Nov 1967 | American |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Raymond Alan, Mr. | Secretary | — | 1994-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-12-28 | 2018-01-19 |
| MORRIS, Emma Kimberley | Secretary | 2018-01-19 | 2020-03-06 |
| PERFREMENT, Mark | Secretary | 2010-05-04 | 2016-12-28 |
| SIDHU, Paramdeep Singh | Secretary | 2020-03-07 | 2022-07-15 |
| SYER, Christopher John Owen | Secretary | 1994-09-30 | 2009-12-31 |
| ALLEY, William Michael | Director | 2005-06-10 | 2005-10-03 |
| ARCHER, Richard James Goodwin | Director | — | 1995-07-27 |
| BERIONT, Susan | Director | 1998-02-09 | 2023-06-30 |
| CLIFTON, Peta Elizabeth | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2009-06-30 |
| COLARUSSO, Frank Michael | Director | 1996-09-04 | 1998-06-30 |
| DENHOLM, John Neil | Director | — | 2006-01-20 |
| DICK, James Andrew | Director | — | 1993-09-27 |
| FADY, Eric Rene Marcel | Director | 1999-12-21 | 2002-10-01 |
| FLEMING, Mary Gerardine | Director | 2005-06-10 | 2006-02-28 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 1995-07-27 | 2000-02-04 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 1994-02-08 | 1994-09-30 |
| GEVEDA JR, Chester Joseph | Director | — | 1993-04-14 |
| GUINNESSEY, Kathleen | Director | 2019-01-09 | 2019-06-26 |
| GUPTA, Neel | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2016-04-25 |
| HELLIWELL, Simon Anthony | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2007-10-23 |
| JEAKINGS, Adrian Dion | Director | 1997-03-19 | 1997-07-18 |
| LE PROUX DE LA RIVIERE, Bruno Jean | Director | 2001-02-19 | 2003-02-14 |
| MAIO, Douglas | Director | 1996-09-04 | 1998-06-01 |
| MICHEL, Gary Scott | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| MITCHELL, Niall James | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2011-06-02 |
| MOORE, Ernest Kevin | Director | — | 1993-06-25 |
| MURPHY, James Timmerman | Director | 1993-05-06 | 2001-02-19 |
| PALOMINO, Jorge Humberto Forton | Director | 2006-06-28 | 2019-01-09 |
| ROY, Randolph Adrian | Director | 1996-09-04 | 2000-09-29 |
| STANTON, Mark | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2005-06-10 |
| STYNES, John | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2013-12-24 |
| TAGGART, Ellen Margaret | Director | 1998-06-10 | 2000-11-01 |
| TURLAND, Kevin John | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2006-06-30 |
| WOOLSTON, Piers Dominic Gilchrist | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2021-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dun & Bradstreet Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-07-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+21.6%
£772,000 £939,000
-
Cash
-97.7%
£16,438,000 £371,000
-
Net assets
+57%
£30,595,000 £48,039,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+25.5%
£686,000 £861,000
-
Profit before tax
+16,283.9%
£112,000 £18,350,000
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