DENNY BROS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-6.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6M
-0.1% vs 2023
Employees
62
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£716K
-25.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DENNY BROS LIMITED 2001-01-12 → present
- DENNY BROS. PRINTING LIMITED 1983-02-03 → 2001-01-12
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £7,152,290 | £6,901,706 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £950,209 | £667,586 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £656,624 | £960,411 | £715,799 | |
| Net profit | — | £548,248 | £739,642 | £683,208 | |
| Cash | — | £2,406,875 | £2,253,737 | £2,097,809 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,516,837 | £6,704,882 | £6,733,572 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,238,644 | £6,207,034 | £6,203,133 | |
| Equity | — | £6,238,644 | £6,207,034 | £6,203,133 | |
| Average employees | — | 59 | 61 | 62 | |
| Wages | — | £1,729,381 | £1,963,299 | £1,976,061 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 13.3% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 10.3% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 14.2% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 11.11x | 10.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 433.49x | — |
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
- Ensors Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has history of strong profitability lasting for more than 40 years and the current directors are confident that the Company will continue to be profitable in the future.”
Significant events
- “A large batch of orders for a new customer which were manufactured during the year and ready to ship but delayed by the customer into the New Year due to them experiencing technical difficulties resulting in a delayed product launch.”
- “Export sales were 36% down on the previous year, although this is largely considered to be due to the timing of customer ordering cycles rather than a trend.”
- “Secured a few export orders from outside of the EU including from USA and Australia.”
- “General inflation hovered around 3-4% during the year and this drove up costs to an extent including employment costs as staff received an inflationary matching pay award.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Rachel Jane | Secretary | 2023-11-01 | — | — |
| DENNY, Barry Douglas | Director | — | Jan 1949 | British |
| DENNY, Graham Dennis | Director | — | May 1962 | British |
| SEELEY, Karl Elliot | Director | 2022-05-19 | Mar 1972 | British |
| SIMPSON, Ashley James | Director | 2020-02-22 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENNY, Andrew Haig | Secretary | 1995-06-15 | 2021-07-09 |
| DENNY, Douglas Cornelius | Secretary | — | 1993-01-15 |
| DENNY, Graham Dennis | Secretary | 1993-01-15 | 1995-06-15 |
| DENNY, Andrew Haig | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| DENNY, Douglas Cornelius | Director | — | 2007-12-01 |
| DENNY, Russell Walter | Director | — | 2012-10-10 |
| HOWARD, Robin George | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| HUNT, Colin Leslie | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| JARROLD, Stephen Victor | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2020-09-14 |
| TRIDINI, Trevor Hugh | Director | — | 2005-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Bros Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2021-04-20 | Ceased 2021-07-14 |
| Mr Barry Douglas Denny | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-14 |
| Denny Bros Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
-3.5%
£7,152,290 £6,901,706
-
Cash
-6.9%
£2,253,737 £2,097,809
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.1%
£6,207,034 £6,203,133
-
Employees
+1.6%
61 62
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-29.7%
£950,209 £667,586
-
Profit before tax
-25.5%
£960,411 £715,799
-
Wages
+0.7%
£1,963,299 £1,976,061
highest in 3 filed years
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