DEKRA UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£105K
-48.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+26.6% vs 2023
Employees
113
+11.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£57K
+30.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DEKRA UK LTD 2020-09-22 → present
- CHILWORTH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1986-03-14 → 2020-09-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,008,111 | £11,096,133 | |
| Operating profit | -£156,757 | -£124,918 | |
| Profit before tax | -£81,906 | -£57,213 | |
| Net profit | -£101,860 | -£56,657 | |
| Cash | £205,720 | £105,169 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,450,275 | £5,469,865 | |
| Net assets | £3,976,383 | £5,035,834 | |
| Equity | £3,976,383 | £5,035,834 | |
| Average employees | 101 | 113 | |
| Wages | £3,893,206 | £4,693,928 |
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 | -1.6% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.5% | -2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.1% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.93x | 5.42x |
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
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the directors have concluded that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, which is considered to be at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The UK life sciences sector suffered a year of considerable cost reduction (observed in several key accounts). This is a key sector for DUKL and the effects were felt in the testing and PS Consulting businesses. Global geopolitical instability slightly exacerbated the situation with UK growth minimal in 2024.”
- “One of the impacts of Brexit is to tighten supply in the labour market which has made it increasingly challenging to attract and retain talent due to the competition in the market.”
- “The company is exposed to the credit worthiness of its clients. ... Aged debt has been significantly reduced since 2022 and the business is now considerably less exposed with single items exceeding payment terms over 60 days.”
- “The company is exposed to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE, Christopher Joseph | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| SWEET, Jonathan David | Director | 2023-03-01 | Apr 1963 | British |
| WARD, Barry | Director | 2019-11-30 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTWRIGHT, Paul, Dr | Secretary | — | 2008-05-19 |
| KIMMETT, Stephen Francis | Secretary | 2008-05-19 | 2009-06-30 |
| NEWTON, David John | Secretary | 2009-08-24 | 2015-12-04 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Paul, Dr | Director | — | 2014-04-30 |
| DUNCAN, Colin Dick | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-02-04 |
| HOLLAND, Philip | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2009-09-18 |
| HOUGAARD, Bo Bay | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-03-01 |
| JACKSON, Dennis | Director | 2016-01-11 | 2019-10-01 |
| KIMMETT, Stephen Francis | Director | 2008-05-19 | 2009-06-30 |
| LAURSEN, Peter | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| NEWTON, David John | Director | 2009-08-24 | 2015-12-04 |
| ROWE, Stephen Michael, Dr | Director | 2012-12-14 | 2025-09-30 |
| SCHMITT, Frédéric Emile | Director | 2019-09-02 | 2021-08-31 |
| SINGH, Sampuran, Dr | Director | — | 2011-08-11 |
| SMITH, Derek Robert | Director | 2019-09-02 | 2019-11-30 |
| VAUDREY, Herve | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2012-12-14 |
| WEIHOFEN, Lothar | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2019-10-01 |
| ZOETBROOD, Gijsbertus Johannes | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2012-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dekra Uk Management Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+10.9%
£10,008,111 £11,096,133
-
Cash
-48.9%
£205,720 £105,169
-
Net assets
+26.6%
£3,976,383 £5,035,834
-
Employees
+11.9%
101 113
-
Operating profit
+20.3%
-£156,757 -£124,918
-
Profit before tax
+30.1%
-£81,906 -£57,213
-
Wages
+20.6%
£3,893,206 £4,693,928
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