DIBA INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
+36.4% vs 2024
Employees
24
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+143% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DIBA INDUSTRIES LIMITED 2009-09-28 → present
- BIO-CHEM FLUIDICS LIMITED 2007-01-16 → 2009-09-28
- OMNIFIT LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 2007-01-16
- BIOLAB LIMITED 1973-10-05 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,370,882 | £5,774,776 | |
| Operating profit | £867,682 | £2,035,801 | |
| Profit before tax | £873,659 | £2,122,828 | |
| Net profit | £638,073 | £1,583,073 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,761,453 | £6,294,497 | |
| Net assets | £4,354,774 | £5,937,847 | |
| Equity | £4,354,774 | £5,937,847 | |
| Average employees | 25 | 24 | |
| Wages | £974,624 | £962,759 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.9% | 35.3% | |
| Net margin | 14.6% | 27.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.2% | 32.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.0% | 13.7% | |
| Current ratio | 9.50x | 10.64x | |
| Interest cover | 203.73x | 91.36x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director has a high level of confidence that despite the current economic uncertainty the Company has access to the necessary liquid resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and will be able to sustain its business model, strategy and operations and remain solvent for the foreseeable future even in the event of the severe but plausible downside scenario. Thus, the Director believe there is no material uncertainty in the use of the going concern assumption.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGHTON, John Carter | Director | 2025-06-12 | Jan 1969 | American |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINE, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2003-12-23 | 2007-10-23 |
| FRENCH, Keith William | Secretary | — | 2003-11-11 |
| PITMAN, Martyn Douglas | Secretary | 2003-11-11 | 2003-12-23 |
| SMOLEY, David Marcus | Secretary | 2017-07-14 | 2022-07-01 |
| VANSTON, David Cecil | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2023-11-01 |
| WRIGHT, Paul | Secretary | 2007-10-23 | 2009-09-21 |
| BURMICZ, John Stefan, Dr | Director | 1998-04-27 | 1998-10-31 |
| BURT, Todd | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2018-08-07 |
| DUBOIS, Charles Edward | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2014-05-06 |
| DUNNE, John | Director | 2020-09-14 | 2025-05-31 |
| FELTEN, Phillipe | Director | 2014-05-06 | 2016-06-17 |
| FRENCH, Keith William | Director | — | 2003-11-11 |
| FULLER, Nigel Jan | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| FULLER, Pamela Daphne | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| GAMBESKI, Gannon | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2024-06-01 |
| GAYDOS, George | Director | 2005-11-14 | 2009-09-21 |
| HIGGONS, Robin Ian | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| LANG, Alexander Campbell | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2017-07-14 |
| MCCARTHY, Terence Michael | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2015-12-21 |
| MEYERS, Adam | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2019-05-21 |
| MEYERS, Adam Jay | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2009-09-21 |
| MOSS, Paul Christopher | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2003-04-14 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Tim | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2021-02-26 |
| REILLY, Kathleen | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2021-08-07 |
| SMOLEY, David Marcus | Director | 2017-07-14 | 2022-07-01 |
| STOLTENBERG, Laura | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-10-14 |
| SUMMERHAYES, Clive Quentin | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| VANSTON, David Cecil | Director | 2021-08-07 | 2023-11-01 |
| VAUGHAN, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2001-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halma Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-05 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+32.1%
£4,370,882 £5,774,776
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+36.4%
£4,354,774 £5,937,847
-
Employees
-4%
25 24
-
Operating profit
+134.6%
£867,682 £2,035,801
-
Profit before tax
+143%
£873,659 £2,122,828
-
Wages
-1.2%
£974,624 £962,759
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