DGS GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+3.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+0.6% vs 2023
Employees
106
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£30K
+63.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DGS GROUP PLC 2015-07-14 → present
- DOUBLE GLAZING SUPPLIES GROUP PLC 1988-07-15 → 2015-07-14
- DOUBLE GLAZING SUPPLIES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1979-11-21 → 1988-07-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,526,667 | £29,445,913 | |
| Operating profit | £18,892 | £16,096 | |
| Profit before tax | £18,318 | £29,896 | |
| Net profit | £12,710 | £65,718 | |
| Cash | £1,347,714 | £1,390,030 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,090,238 | £11,145,235 | |
| Net assets | £10,910,644 | £10,976,362 | |
| Equity | £10,910,644 | £10,976,362 | |
| Average employees | 103 | 106 | |
| Wages | £4,151,821 | £3,615,813 |
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 | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.38x | 7.39x | |
| Interest cover | 3.34x | — |
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
- Essex Abel Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In the previous year, on 24 August 2023, the Group was restructured by the directors, with all former subsidiaries of DGS Group Plc... having their shares transferred to the parent company Barfield Holdings Limited.”
- “As part of their strategic review, the directors took the decision to close the Exeter branch of the company in March 2025 with the customers now being serviced from the company's other branches.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLOCOMBE, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1992-12-04 | — | British |
| AUCOTT, Daniel | Director | 2010-11-08 | Jul 1988 | British |
| AUCOTT, David | Director | — | Dec 1958 | British |
| AUCOTT, Derek | Director | — | Jan 1931 | British |
| AUCOTT, Helen | Director | 2010-07-20 | Jul 1985 | British |
| AUCOTT, Margaret Rose | Director | — | Dec 1932 | British |
| SLOCOMBE, Elizabeth | Director | 2026-03-04 | May 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCOTT, Margaret Rose | Secretary | — | 1992-12-04 |
| AUCOTT, John | Director | — | 2012-12-07 |
| GROOM, John | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| SLOCOMBE, Elizabeth | Director | — | 2026-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barfield Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-01 | Active |
| Mr David Aucott | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-11-16 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Mr Derek Aucott | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-07-10 | 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-9.5%
£32,526,667 £29,445,913
-
Cash
+3.1%
£1,347,714 £1,390,030
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£10,910,644 £10,976,362
-
Employees
+2.9%
103 106
-
Operating profit
-14.8%
£18,892 £16,096
-
Profit before tax
+63.2%
£18,318 £29,896
-
Wages
-12.9%
£4,151,821 £3,615,813
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