DUFERCO UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+0.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-29.9% vs 2024
Employees
26
+4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
+25.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DUFERCO UK LIMITED 1998-05-29 → present
- PINCO 1055 LIMITED 1998-04-01 → 1998-05-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £173,889,000 | £134,303,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,193,000 | £195,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,998,000 | -£2,981,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,576,000 | -£3,319,000 | |
| Cash | £5,455,000 | £5,465,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,609,000 | £8,160,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,093,000 | £7,774,000 | |
| Equity | £11,093,000 | £7,774,000 | |
| Average employees | 25 | 26 | |
| Wages | £2,142,000 | £3,100,000 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.1% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.6% | 92.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 0.23x | 0.06x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources and related parent company support to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY, James Charles | Director | 2026-04-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| PATERSON, Brian David | Director | 2015-10-01 | May 1966 | British |
| PRYOR, Martin Thomas | Director | 2014-10-01 | Dec 1952 | British |
| SOUTHALL, Spencer David | Director | 2019-11-13 | Apr 1973 | British |
| TAVECCHIO, Marina | Director | 2025-02-06 | Apr 1972 | Italian |
| VARNEY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-10-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| WHITE, Ian James | Director | 2015-10-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-04-01 | 2008-09-30 |
| BOLFO, Massimo | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2007-09-27 |
| BRANNAN, Robert | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2013-10-31 |
| CASALE, Alessandro | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2010-02-01 |
| CRESSWELL, Antony | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2024-11-30 |
| DE MORGAN, Matthew Justin | Director | 2022-04-27 | 2026-04-01 |
| GREEN, Jason John | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2016-02-15 |
| LOMBARDI, Piersandro | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2007-09-27 |
| MANNINA, Giuseppe | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2001-10-10 |
| MELAMED, Marko | Director | 2001-10-10 | 2014-10-01 |
| RAIMONDO, Mario | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| TOSCHI, Enrico | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2021-01-28 |
| VALLE, Lorenzo | Director | 2021-01-28 | 2025-02-06 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-04-01 | 1998-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sabina Croce | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Bruno Bolfo | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-01 |
| State Owned Assets Supervisions And Administration Commission Of The People's Government Of Hebei Province - China | Legal person | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-22.8%
£173,889,000 £134,303,000
-
Cash
+0.2%
£5,455,000 £5,465,000
-
Net assets
-29.9%
£11,093,000 £7,774,000
-
Employees
+4%
25 26
-
Operating profit
-83.7%
£1,193,000 £195,000
-
Profit before tax
+25.4%
-£3,998,000 -£2,981,000
-
Wages
+44.7%
£2,142,000 £3,100,000
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