DAIWA CORPORATE ADVISORY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-28 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£31M

+4.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£42M

-8.1% vs 2024

Employees

220

+4.8% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£5M

-58.2% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

DAIWA CORPORATE ADVISORY LIMITED 2012-03-29 → present
DC ADVISORY PARTNERS LIMITED 2010-05-10 → 2012-03-29
CLOSE BROTHERS CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED 1995-08-01 → 2010-05-10
APPEARDIRECT LIMITED 1995-06-13 → 1995-08-01

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Financials median

DAIWA CORPORATE ADVISORY LIMITED·Financials median · n=298

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£85,954,000	£88,524,000
Operating profit	-£3,181,000	-£5,097,000
Profit before tax	-£3,041,000	-£4,811,000
Net profit	-£2,264,000	-£3,718,000
Cash	£29,610,000	£30,970,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£60,378,000	£54,811,000
Net assets	£46,023,000	£42,305,000
Equity	£46,023,000	£42,305,000
Average employees	210	220
Wages	£55,483,000	£60,813,000

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	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	-3.7%	-5.8%
Net margin	-2.6%	-4.2%
Return on capital employed	-5.3%	-9.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	51.8%	50.1%
Current ratio	2.59x	2.60x
Interest cover	-3.70x	-6.08x

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
“On the basis of the current financial projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly the going concern basis is adopted in the preparation of these financial statements.”

Significant events

“The 2024/25 year saw trading conditions which were adversely impacted by the macro-economic uncertainty caused by the continuing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East along with political uncertainty as elections brought about changes of governments throughout much of the western world.”
“However, despite the challenging macro-economic conditions and an M&A market where European deal volumes reduced c. 6% year-on-year our revenue increased by £2.5m or 3% to make 2024/25 another record year.”
“The Company continues to monitor the impact, particularly of US government policy as it endeavours to reshape global relations.”

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

People

9 active · 91 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
PARKER, Matthew John	Secretary	2014-08-01	—	—
JONES, Robert David	Director	2023-12-15	Oct 1982	British
MADDEN, Richard John Glynne	Director	2005-09-26	Jan 1966	British
MARVIN, Neale Graham	Director	2021-03-01	Jan 1973	British
MORRIS, Timothy John	Director	2024-04-11	May 1972	British
O'NEILL, Ciara Anne	Director	2011-11-01	Jul 1973	Irish
STRUDWICK, Andrew	Director	2014-05-13	Mar 1975	British
THORNTON, Michael Royston	Director	2022-06-01	Jul 1980	British
TROWER, Jonathan Charles Gosselin	Director	1998-07-01	May 1958	British

Show 91 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CAREY, Janet Irene	Secretary	2012-02-20	2014-08-01
OLIVER, James Andrew	Secretary	1999-10-12	2002-01-30
PARKINSON, Michael Frederick	Secretary	2002-01-30	2012-02-20
SELLERS, Robin David	Secretary	1995-07-14	1996-08-01
WATSON, Simon Donald	Secretary	1996-08-01	1999-10-12
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1995-06-13	1995-07-14
ALCARAZ, Peter Francis	Director	1998-08-01	2009-10-22
ARCH, David Andrew	Director	1996-03-25	2001-06-19
ARROWSMITH, Jonathan David	Director	2012-07-16	2018-11-16
AULSEBROOK, Stephen William	Director	1996-05-31	2010-09-24
BALI, Alka	Director	1998-08-01	2006-12-04
BARKER, John Scott	Director	1999-01-18	2000-09-30
BARROW, Jonathan Mark	Director	2004-08-01	2006-12-20
BENELBAS TAPIERO, Leon	Director	2009-01-01	2011-11-30
BENELBAS TAPIERO, Leon	Director	2002-09-16	2008-02-01
BEZEM, David Charles	Director	1999-11-05	2008-01-31
BLUE, Jeffrey Ross	Director	2011-05-23	2012-11-16
BUCHAN, Charles Walter Edward Ralph	Director	1996-05-31	1999-02-11
BURGIN, Fenton Andrew	Director	2000-08-01	2008-02-18
CADBURY, Peter Hugh George	Director	1997-09-29	1999-01-31
CAMILLI, Laurent	Director	2000-04-11	2006-01-31
CAREY, Janet Irene	Director	2012-01-03	2014-12-31
CLAYTON, Christopher March	Director	2008-04-14	2009-09-30
CONDON, Brian	Director	1998-08-01	2002-09-16
CONFINO, Daniel Michael	Director	1996-05-31	2003-06-06
CUNNINGHAM, Andrew John	Director	2000-08-01	2019-10-02
DAUMUELLER, Sebastian	Director	2019-10-02	2023-06-15
DAVIES, Gareth John	Director	2006-08-01	2010-01-04
DOUSSET, Olivier	Director	1999-11-03	2008-02-01
DUKES, Paul	Director	1999-01-01	2001-12-05
EDWARDS, John Malcolm	Director	1999-08-01	2001-09-14
ELLISTON, George	Director	1999-11-03	2006-01-31
FRANKLAND, Timothy Cecil	Director	1996-05-31	1997-03-31
FREYBERG, Ernst Von	Director	1998-11-02	2001-02-27
GRAHAM, George Malcolm Roger	Director	1996-05-31	2001-12-13
GRAINGER, Richard Stuart	Director	1996-05-31	2009-07-01
GUDGEON, Martin Richard	Director	2000-08-01	2006-12-07
GUTZWILLER, Philipp Alfred	Director	2011-07-18	2014-02-28
HALL, Frank Matthew Sunderland	Director	2001-08-01	2002-07-30
HARDIMAN-EVANS, David	Director	2009-08-03	2010-07-31
HAVELOCK, David Wilson	Director	2000-10-02	2002-02-25
HEALY, Gareth Patrick	Director	2005-08-01	2007-12-17
HILTON, James Walter	Director	2001-01-08	2002-07-26
HOLDER, Timothy	Director	2001-09-24	2002-08-16
HOLLAND, Justin Keith	Director	2018-10-11	2019-10-02
HOPE-BELL, Joel Francis	Director	2011-12-12	2013-10-31
HUFFINE, Terence Robert	Director	2014-05-13	2015-09-18
JUDGE, Andrew James	Director	2017-05-03	2018-06-13
KAZMIEROWSKI, Wolfgang, Doctor	Director	2003-05-19	2006-01-31
KELLETT-CLARK, Frances Anne	Director	1996-05-31	1997-01-14
KELLY, John Anthony Brian	Director	1995-08-01	1997-01-17
KENT, Roderick David	Director	1995-10-12	2002-10-31
KEOGH, Colin Denis	Director	2003-09-09	2009-04-01
KEOGH, Colin Denis	Director	1995-07-14	1999-01-31
LACK, Howard John	Director	2001-09-24	2002-08-17
LAWSON STATHAM, Mark	Director	2001-09-24	2002-08-09
LE BERRE, Alain, Monsieur	Director	2005-12-01	2007-06-16
LEACH, Timothy Alan Baylor	Director	2006-03-06	2008-07-01
LEWEY, Christopher Guy Desmond	Director	2001-08-01	2006-09-14
LLEWELLYN-LLOYD, Edward John	Director	1996-05-31	2001-12-31
LLOYD, Humphrey Alexander	Director	1995-08-01	1996-01-03
LUYCX, Alexander Jozef	Director	2018-11-01	2019-10-02
MACMILLAN-SCOTT, James	Director	1999-03-03	2000-07-27
MANDER, Michael Stuart	Director	1996-05-31	1999-10-20
MARIAZ, Michael Valery Claude	Director	2014-05-13	2019-10-02
MARSHALL, Peter Hellyer	Director	2000-11-01	2003-01-31
MARVIN, Neale Graham	Director	2016-07-19	2019-10-02
MASSEY, Roger Champness	Director	2010-12-03	2012-04-16
MCGRATH, John Paul Francis	Director	2008-01-05	2013-03-31
MERRETT, Colin Andrew	Director	2005-08-01	2007-02-22
MORLAND, Daniel John	Director	2004-08-01	2011-03-31
NAINI, Ali	Director	2001-09-24	2002-08-02
NAPIER, Mark	Director	1995-08-01	2003-10-31
OLIVER, James Andrew	Director	1998-07-01	2002-03-04
PARKINSON, Michael Frederick	Director	2004-08-01	2022-06-01
PERKINS, Jeffery	Director	2003-05-01	2006-01-31
PERRIN, Roger William Nasmith	Director	1996-05-31	2001-09-17
PREST, Matthew Robert	Director	2004-11-01	2009-07-01
PULFORD, Richard Guy	Director	2008-08-04	2019-10-02
PUSINELLI, David Charles	Director	1995-07-14	2008-07-01
QUACH, Nam Hung	Director	2016-10-24	2019-10-02
QUIGLEY, Thomas Kelly	Director	1997-08-01	2002-08-07
REEVE, Patrick Harold	Director	1995-08-01	1996-04-09
RICHARD, Sandrine	Director	2000-04-11	2006-01-31
RIDDELL, David William	Director	2004-08-01	2005-03-31
RONGA, Sergio	Director	2012-07-16	2021-03-31
SATOW, Robert William	Director	1996-05-31	2004-07-30
SCHMIDT, Wilfried	Director	2010-12-03	2012-04-16
SELLERS, Robin David	Director	1995-07-31	1997-03-13
SPENCER, Julian Peter	Director	2000-09-13	2002-01-16
STONE, Peter John	Director	1996-12-10	1998-07-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Daiwa Corporate Advisory European Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 373 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-12-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-10-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-22	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-05-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-06-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-05-18	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-01-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-05-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-04-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-03-17	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-03-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+3%

£85,954,000 £88,524,000
Cash

+4.6%

£29,610,000 £30,970,000
Net assets

-8.1%

£46,023,000 £42,305,000
Employees

+4.8%

210 220
Operating profit

-60.2%

-£3,181,000 -£5,097,000
Profit before tax

-58.2%

-£3,041,000 -£4,811,000
Wages

+9.6%

£55,483,000 £60,813,000

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

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