DODS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£179K
-17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
-6.5% vs 2024
Employees
66
+10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£65K
-142.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DODS GROUP LIMITED 2021-04-22 → present
- DODS PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2004-12-02 → 2021-04-22
- PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 2004-12-02
- T. S. PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1976-06-10 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,027,889 | £6,717,517 | |
| Operating profit | £152,156 | -£65,190 | |
| Profit before tax | £151,930 | -£65,190 | |
| Net profit | £61,400 | -£115,622 | |
| Cash | £217,177 | £179,251 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,770,271 | -£1,885,893 | |
| Net assets | -£1,770,271 | -£1,885,893 | |
| Equity | -£1,770,271 | -£1,885,893 | |
| Average employees | 60 | 66 | |
| Wages | £2,710,885 | £2,929,549 |
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 | 2.2% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.6% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 155.8% | 155.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | 673.26x | — |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has received confirmation that the ultimate parent company will continue to support the Company and provide it with adequate funds when necessary to enable it to meet its debts as they fall due over the next 12 months. At the date of approving these financial statements, the director therefore has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- DODS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- European Parliamentary Communications Services SPRL 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 March 2025, a dividend of £nil (2024: £nil) was paid, and at the year end the director did not propose a dividend.”
- “During the year, the Company made charitable donations totalling £nil (2024: £nil). During the year, the Company made no political donations (2024: £nil).”
- “During the year there was no issue of new shares (2024: £nil).”
- “On 4 July 2025, the Company sold the European part of its Political Intelligence business via the transfer of assets comprising the customer contracts for EU Political monitoring and EU stakeholder management services together with the employees and leasehold premises based in Brussels.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-02-12 | — | — |
| MACHRAY, Philip James | Director | 2021-11-30 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNAOUTI, Michael | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| DE CESARE, Sue | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2008-11-25 |
| HARRINGTON, Michael | Secretary | — | 1993-11-22 |
| HORNE, David Bowen | Secretary | 2004-06-02 | 2005-12-31 |
| JEAVONS, Colin | Secretary | 2004-05-28 | 2004-06-02 |
| LEVY, Rupert James | Secretary | 2008-11-25 | 2012-04-20 |
| ROBINSON, Delia | Secretary | 1999-06-15 | 2004-05-28 |
| SADLER, Keith | Secretary | 2012-04-20 | 2015-03-31 |
| SPARSHATT, Alison Gail | Secretary | 1997-09-25 | 1999-06-15 |
| STUBBS, Stephen Alan | Secretary | 1993-11-22 | 1997-09-25 |
| BRABNERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2016-12-22 | 2018-07-31 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-07-31 | 2019-06-06 |
| ANTELL, Robert Edward | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2004-02-26 |
| BECK, David Clive | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2024-01-31 |
| BECK, Martin | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2016-03-31 |
| BULLOCK, Simon Charles | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2021-11-30 |
| CLEAVER, Edward Guy | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2017-11-29 |
| CONLON, Cornelius Anthony | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2025-03-31 |
| DE BLOCQ VAN KUFFELER, John Philip | Director | 2004-06-02 | 2008-11-05 |
| DOHERTY, Brian | Director | 2018-11-08 | 2020-01-31 |
| HEATHER, Andrew | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2015-03-31 |
| HEPBURN, Michael William | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2008-12-19 |
| HORNE, David Bowen | Director | 2004-06-02 | 2005-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Michael Edward | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2020-06-30 |
| IBRAHIM, Munira | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2022-12-01 |
| JEAVONS, Colin | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2004-06-02 |
| LEVY, Rupert James | Director | 2008-04-22 | 2012-04-20 |
| MITCHELL, Alan Patrick | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2016-07-14 |
| MURRAY, Gerard | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2012-06-28 |
| O'BRIEN, Daniel Philip | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-03-26 |
| PATEL, Nitil | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2020-03-31 |
| PRESSWELL, Simon Paul Thomas | Director | 2018-11-09 | 2020-01-22 |
| QUIXLEY, Richard Jan Michael | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2019-05-14 |
| ROBINSON, Delia | Director | 1999-11-05 | 2004-05-28 |
| SADLER, Keith John | Director | 2012-04-20 | 2014-09-25 |
| SAMS, Allan Conan | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2016-03-31 |
| SPARSHATT, Alison Gail | Director | 1997-09-25 | 1999-05-26 |
| STEWART, Neil | Director | 2001-07-24 | 2001-11-20 |
| WILKINSON, Peter Henry | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2004-03-01 |
| YOUNG, Keith | Director | — | 2004-06-02 |
| ZETTER, Lionel David | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merit Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 254 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-4.4%
£7,027,889 £6,717,517
-
Cash
-17.5%
£217,177 £179,251
-
Net assets
-6.5%
-£1,770,271 -£1,885,893
-
Employees
+10%
60 66
-
Operating profit
-142.8%
£152,156 -£65,190
-
Profit before tax
-142.9%
£151,930 -£65,190
-
Wages
+8.1%
£2,710,885 £2,929,549
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