M.E. DUFFELL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£82K
-75.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+20.3% vs 2023
Employees
80
+2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+29.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- M.E. DUFFELL LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- KWICK ALARM LIMITED 1972-12-15 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,664,552 | £20,762,288 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,248,184 | £1,569,198 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,242,972 | £1,608,362 | |
| Net profit | — | £907,940 | £1,233,826 | |
| Cash | — | £335,216 | £82,417 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,091,024 | £4,817,323 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,606,356 | £4,340,182 | |
| Equity | £3,134,316 | £3,606,356 | £4,340,182 | |
| Average employees | — | 78 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | £2,762,763 | £2,903,766 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.3% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.6% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 30.5% | 32.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 52.9% | 46.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.07x | 2.41x | |
| Interest cover | — | 69.29x | 107.02x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared detailed financial projections which indicate that the company can continue to operate as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. These projections cover a period of at least 12 months from the date of these accounts and have taken the expected effects of the current uncertain economy into consideration.”
Significant events
- “Turnover for the year to 31 December 2024 was £20,762,288 (2023: £19,664,552) achieving a gross profit margin of 25.8% (2023: 25.5%).”
- “Net assets at 31 December 2024 were £4,340,182 (2023: £3,606,356).”
- “Operating profit has also increased by 26% from £1.2m in 2023 to £1.6m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUNESS, Karen | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Natasha | Director | 2004-11-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| KUNESS, Alexander | Director | 2009-06-09 | Jul 1980 | British |
| KUNESS, James Craig | Director | 2009-06-09 | Oct 1982 | British |
| KUNESS, Karen | Director | — | Jun 1954 | British |
| KUNESS, Patrick | Director | — | Jul 1955 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYLEN, Michael Victor | Director | — | 1993-07-14 |
| WAYLEN, Sheila Gladys | Director | — | 1993-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Natasha Bartholomew | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Alex Kuness | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Craig Kuness | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-07-06 | EH03 | officers | Elect to keep the secretaries register information on the public register | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
+5.6%
£19,664,552 £20,762,288
-
Cash
-75.4%
£335,216 £82,417
-
Net assets
+20.3%
£3,606,356 £4,340,182
-
Employees
+2.6%
78 80
-
Operating profit
+25.7%
£1,248,184 £1,569,198
-
Profit before tax
+29.4%
£1,242,972 £1,608,362
-
Wages
+5.1%
£2,762,763 £2,903,766
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