DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-6.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-1.8% vs 2024
Employees
411
+7.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£162K
-162.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD 2009-07-20 → present
- DORSET SCOPE LIMITED 2004-10-29 → 2009-07-20
- DORSET SPASTICS SOCIETY LIMITED 1981-01-23 → 2004-10-29
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 | £9,567,780 | £10,422,143 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £259,958 | -£162,451 | |
| Net profit | £259,958 | -£162,451 | |
| Cash | £1,650,224 | £1,541,608 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,521,228 | £10,330,470 | |
| Net assets | £8,892,969 | £8,730,518 | |
| Equity | £8,892,969 | £8,730,518 | |
| Average employees | 381 | 411 | |
| Wages | £6,161,243 | £7,073,541 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.7% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.7% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.91x | 5.11x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. There are no issues regarding going concern.”
Group structure
- DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD · parent
- Edwards Support Services Limited 100%
- Edward Facilities Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Treehouse will see new playgrounds within the grounds that complement the trampolines, bouncy castle, and mini golf. Inside the building, a 3-story soft play area, with a cinema room, sensory room, and games room, with a huge hall for activities and play opened at Easter 2024 and the summer holidays.”
- “2024 saw the 20th anniversary of Lily's Place.”
- “Lawford Lodge celebrated it's 5th anniversary in 2024/25 and now supports five young adults.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Martin Edward | Director | 2014-12-15 | Sep 1961 | British |
| GIBSON, Jonathan David | Director | 2022-04-01 | Aug 1954 | British |
| JENKINSON, Annie Margaret Tess | Director | 2025-09-29 | Nov 1966 | British |
| LUCAS-ROWE, Lucy Caroline | Director | 2019-01-23 | Apr 1966 | British |
| MORRIS, Andrew John | Director | 2025-11-20 | May 1965 | British |
| RIDGWAY, Geoffrey Lindsay, Dr | Director | 2015-12-01 | Jan 1944 | British |
| SMITH, John Allan Raymond, Dr | Director | 2013-06-24 | Nov 1942 | British |
| TRAPNELL, Sandie | Director | 2023-11-20 | Dec 1950 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURMAN, Natalie Jayne | Secretary | 2020-08-21 | 2020-08-21 |
| CUNNINGHAM, John Steel | Secretary | 2003-10-15 | 2007-01-25 |
| FREER, Mark Conway | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2011-11-08 |
| KENNAR, Eliezer John | Secretary | 2011-11-08 | 2020-06-03 |
| LANGFORD, Christine Elizabeth | Secretary | 1996-08-01 | 2003-10-15 |
| LAWFORD, Marion Louise | Secretary | — | 1996-07-31 |
| MURRAY, Julie | Secretary | 2007-01-25 | 2010-09-01 |
| BAVISTER, Richard Michael Peter | Director | 2015-06-03 | 2025-04-10 |
| BOND, Dennis James | Director | — | 1999-07-12 |
| BRAZIER, Linda May | Director | — | 1994-01-27 |
| BRODIE, Beth | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2003-10-15 |
| CAWS, Peter | Director | 1999-01-14 | 2006-12-31 |
| CHAMP, Bernard John | Director | 2001-09-12 | 2003-02-19 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Jesper Toft | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2013-07-29 |
| COUSINS, Anthony John | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1999-01-17 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Angela Rudland, Dr | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2012-09-25 |
| DAGNALL, Laura Anne | Director | 2014-10-27 | 2015-10-26 |
| FRY, Gordon Albert | Director | — | 1995-09-27 |
| GREENLAND, Maragret Evelyn | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2007-09-30 |
| HADDEN, William Edward | Director | — | 2003-10-15 |
| HALE, Stephanie Ann | Director | 2003-10-15 | 2013-03-26 |
| HALL, Keith | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1999-11-24 |
| HARGREAVES, Ian David | Director | — | 1997-05-22 |
| HARROP, Andrew Jeremy | Director | 2010-09-15 | 2018-10-03 |
| HEDGES, Nigel Patrick | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2001-02-28 |
| HOBSON, Bryan Harewell | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| HUGHES, Ann Sara | Director | 2008-09-24 | 2012-09-25 |
| KAY, John Winder | Director | — | 1993-09-29 |
| KENNAR, Eliezer John | Director | 2011-11-08 | 2020-06-03 |
| KINSON, Horace Bert William | Director | — | 1998-03-23 |
| KIPLING, Raymond John | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2013-07-22 |
| KNIGHT, Daniel Philip | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2009-09-23 |
| KNIGHT, Gary Leedale | Director | 2017-10-04 | 2025-10-02 |
| KNIGHT, Gary Leedale | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2015-05-26 |
| LAWSON, Keith | Director | 2003-10-15 | 2007-02-02 |
| LOVELESS, Donald Edward | Director | — | 1997-10-15 |
| MALLETT, Graham Peter | Director | 1994-09-28 | 2011-10-05 |
| MELDRUM, Neil John | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2010-09-15 |
| PANTON, Maureen | Director | — | 2008-09-24 |
| PAY, John Edward Stark | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2014-07-16 |
| PETER, John Beverly, Dr | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2023-09-01 |
| REARDON, Paul Philip John | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2010-09-15 |
| REEVES, Dennis Harold | Director | 1993-09-29 | 2005-12-15 |
| ROSS, Helen Louise Jane | Director | 1999-01-14 | 2015-11-30 |
| ROWLAND, Charles Keith | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2018-01-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Keith William | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2007-07-03 |
| STILL, Nigel Trevor | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| STOKES, Stephanie Mary | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2015-02-01 |
| TABOR, Jane Norah Katharine | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2013-07-23 |
| TATE, Shirley Patricia Ella | Director | — | 1998-06-03 |
| TOMS, Russell Ian | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2011-10-05 |
| WARNE, Herbert James | Director | — | 1996-07-31 |
| WITT, Harriet Serena | Director | 2019-07-25 | 2023-10-02 |
| WOOD, Elizabeth May | Director | — | 1997-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-24 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+8.9%
£9,567,780 £10,422,143
-
Cash
-6.6%
£1,650,224 £1,541,608
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£8,892,969 £8,730,518
-
Employees
+7.9%
381 411
-
Profit before tax
-162.5%
£259,958 -£162,451
-
Wages
+14.8%
£6,161,243 £7,073,541
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