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DNV BUSINESS ASSURANCE UK LIMITED

#02172892 · Active · Incorporated 1987-10-01 (38y 7m) · Last filing 2026-04-02 (1mo ago)
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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-14 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-31

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£386K

-45.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£6M

+9.8% vs 2023

Employees

54

+12.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£518K

-12.4% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. DNV BUSINESS ASSURANCE UK LIMITED 2021-05-07 → present
  2. DNV GL BUSINESS ASSURANCE UK LIMITED 2014-07-07 → 2021-05-07
  3. DNV CERTIFICATION LIMITED 2000-12-05 → 2014-07-07
  4. DET NORSKE VERITAS QUALITY ASSURANCE LIMITED 1987-10-01 → 2000-12-05

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £10,708,531£11,137,516
Operating profit £434,318£236,987
Profit before tax £591,635£518,142
Net profit £446,802£383,684
Cash £708,306£386,197
Total assets less current liabilities £5,066,248£5,429,032
Net assets £5,523,282£6,064,466
Equity £5,523,282£6,064,466
Average employees 4854
Wages £3,482,639£3,883,414

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 4.1%2.1%
Net margin 4.2%3.4%
Return on capital employed 8.6%4.4%
Current ratio 3.66x3.92x
Interest cover 42.70x21.37x

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
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 37 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TILSON, Aaron Director 2024-07-23 Aug 1965 British
WILSON, Andrew James Director 2022-03-31 Dec 1982 British
Show 37 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CARLTON, Kelvin George Alfred Secretary 1993-11-18 2000-07-21
GRAY, Antony Melville Secretary 2000-07-21 2002-06-20
HARDWICK, Ewa Teresa Secretary 2008-12-19 2009-09-16
REES, Bruce Pritchard Secretary — 1993-11-18
SHARMA, Anil Secretary 2009-09-16 2010-03-26
STOUT, Michael Richard Secretary 2002-06-20 2008-12-04
TILSON, Aaron Secretary 2010-03-26 2016-02-02
BACKELIN, Rolf Tommy Director 2006-12-20 2010-12-16
BERLIN, Massimo Director 2018-05-29 2019-06-25
BROWN, Donald Director — 1994-05-19
BURKE, Rex Director — 1995-12-13
CALDER, Alan Philip Director 1998-05-15 2002-06-20
CAMPBELL, Paul Stewart Director 2002-08-27 2003-06-10
CULLEN, Michael Terence Director 1993-11-18 2002-06-20
DARBY, John Alan Director 1998-03-20 2002-06-20
FERNANDEZ, Mervyn Cajetan Director 2018-01-22 2022-02-11
FORRESTER, Michael Herbert Director 1994-05-19 2002-06-20
GRAY, Antony Melville Director 2002-06-20 2005-02-04
HARRIS, Richard Peter Director — 1993-05-16
HOSKEN, Brett Neil Director 2019-06-25 2022-03-31
LIGHT, Iain Michael Director 2000-10-25 2002-01-25
LOVAAS, Jahn Henry Director 2013-02-15 2018-05-29
MILNE, Douglas Davidson Director 2007-07-02 2016-04-27
MOWATT, George Alexander Director — 1996-06-05
PAPE, Eric Douglas, Dr Director — 1995-02-14
RESNICK, Maurice Director — 1993-10-13
RODHOLM, Peter Director 1995-02-15 2000-10-25
SALMON, David Director 2011-08-25 2017-06-28
SMALL, Brian William Director — 1992-05-12
SMERDON, Jason Cosmo Director 2016-04-27 2018-01-12
STEBBINGS, Robert Thomas Director 2022-02-11 2024-07-23
STOLK, Richard, Dr Director 2005-02-04 2007-07-02
STOUT, Michael Richard Director 2003-06-10 2008-12-04
SUTCLIFFE, David Kay Director 2013-02-15 2016-04-27
SUTCLIFFE, David Kay Director 2008-12-18 2011-08-25
SUTCLIFFE, David Kay Director 2002-01-25 2002-08-27
TUPPER, Stephen Charles Preiswerk Director 1995-12-13 2002-06-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Dnv Business Assurance Group As Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2025-09-03 Active
Mr Mervyn Cajetan Fernandez Individual Significant influence 2018-01-24 Ceased 2022-02-11
Mr Pradeep Vamadevan Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-09-03
Mr Thomas Vogth-Eriksen Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2020-04-01
Mr Jason Cosmo Smerdon Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-01-12

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 201 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-03 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-03 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-01 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-07-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-04-08 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2022-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-04-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-02-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-02-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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