DFS TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
-51.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£329M
+3.3% vs 2024
Employees
2,712
-6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15M
+65.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DFS TRADING LIMITED 2001-02-15 → present
- NORTHERN UPHOLSTERY LIMITED 1988-02-19 → 2001-02-15
- NEW DFS FURNITURE LIMITED 1983-09-16 → 1988-02-19
- CLUBARON LIMITED 1983-07-01 → 1983-09-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £784,800,000 | £804,600,000 | |
| Operating profit | £28,100,000 | £33,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,000,000 | £14,900,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,500,000 | £11,600,000 | |
| Cash | £24,800,000 | £12,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £576,100,000 | £556,200,000 | |
| Net assets | £318,600,000 | £329,100,000 | |
| Equity | £318,600,000 | £329,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,912 | 2,712 | |
| Wages | £98,900,000 | £104,700,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.6% | 63.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | 1.44x | 1.76x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year DFS colleagues and customers continued to donate to their charity partner, Children in Need, which will go towards supporting children and young people across the UK with mental health issues.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | — | — |
| HARTE, Russell Andrew | Director | 2022-10-14 | Mar 1977 | British |
| HIGHFIELD, Dominique | Director | 2026-05-05 | May 1985 | British |
| SMITH, Nicholas James | Director | 2019-07-11 | Feb 1972 | British |
| STACEY, Timothy Giles | Director | 2011-08-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TODHUNTER, Barry | Secretary | — | 2009-05-31 |
| WALKER, Paul | Secretary | 2009-06-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| BAKER, Keith | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2018-04-27 |
| BANCROFT, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2019-07-01 |
| BARNES, William Robert | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2016-07-30 |
| BERTRAND, Marc Lawrence | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2005-11-03 |
| BOWNESS, Ian Francis | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2003-10-31 |
| COLLARD, Nicholas Jon Gilbert | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| DENNIS, Barry | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2014-07-31 |
| ELLIS, Harvey George | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2019-08-21 |
| FALLON, John Anthony | Director | 2022-11-16 | 2025-01-17 |
| FIELD, Graham Michael | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2016-07-30 |
| FILBY, Ian Francis | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2018-10-25 |
| FISHBURN, Scott | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| GLOVER, Stuart Melvin | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2011-05-31 |
| KIRKHAM, Graham, Lord | Director | — | 2010-06-09 |
| KIRKHAM, Pauline, Lady | Director | — | 1993-10-12 |
| MASSEY, Jonathan Hugh | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2015-10-01 |
| MOULD, Graham | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2019-07-10 |
| NORMOYLE, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2016-03-07 |
| PAYLING, David | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2016-03-29 |
| PITCHFORD, Gary Shaun | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2016-01-07 |
| SCHMIDT, Michael Stefan | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2022-10-14 |
| STEPHENSON, Andrew William | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2016-05-20 |
| TROFIMOWICZ, Andrew Stefan | Director | 2001-02-09 | 2019-07-10 |
| VAUGHAN-JONES, Andrew Henry | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2019-03-27 |
| WALL, Marie Ann | Director | 2025-01-20 | 2026-04-02 |
| WOOD, Toni | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfs Furniture Company Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2025-06-29 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+2.5%
£784,800,000 £804,600,000
-
Cash
-51.6%
£24,800,000 £12,000,000
-
Net assets
+3.3%
£318,600,000 £329,100,000
-
Employees
-6.9%
2,912 2,712
-
Operating profit
+19.2%
£28,100,000 £33,500,000
-
Profit before tax
+65.6%
£9,000,000 £14,900,000
-
Wages
+5.9%
£98,900,000 £104,700,000
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