DISTAG HOLDINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
Cash
£196K
-24.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+14.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
67
+6.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-12% vs 2023
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
- DISTAG HOLDINGS LTD 2014-08-18 → present
- PIX EUROPE LIMITED 1998-11-10 → 2014-08-18
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £16,514,229 | £15,857,885 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,323,104 | £1,119,491 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,175,310 | £1,034,089 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £749,173 | £775,125 | |
| Cash | £13,574 | £25,143 | — | — | £260,198 | £195,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,441,926 | £1,392,368 | — | — | £6,137,356 | £6,828,621 | |
| Net assets | £977,532 | £1,013,652 | — | — | £5,321,141 | £6,096,266 | |
| Equity | £977,532 | £1,013,652 | £478,745 | £629,301 | £5,321,141 | £6,096,266 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 67 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,956,339 | £2,086,761 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 4.5% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 21.6% | 16.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.63x | 1.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 8.95x | 13.07x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Clemence Hoar Cummings
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DISTAG HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Distag QCS (UK) Limited
Significant events
- “War in Ukraine & Middle East is continuing to cause uncertainty in the market place”
- “Interest rates at such a high level are affecting new machinery sales.”
- “General slowdown in manufacturing across UK & Ireland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEACON, Sheila Theresa | Secretary | 1998-11-10 | — | Irish |
| DEACON, Joseph Charles | Director | 1998-11-10 | Jan 1965 | Irish |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHARDWAJ, Ashok | Nominee Secretary | 1998-11-10 | 1998-11-10 |
| BOOTH, Stewart Colin Mitchell | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2022-03-29 |
| SETHI, Amarpal | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2013-09-30 |
| SETHI, Karanpal | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| SETHI, Rishipal | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2013-09-30 |
| SETHI, Sonepal | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2013-09-30 |
| BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-11-10 | 1998-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deakinvest Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2025-12-22 | Active |
| Mr Joseph Charles Deacon | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-12-10 | Active |
| Distag Qcs Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-12-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-05-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
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Turnover
-4%
£16,514,229 £15,857,885
-
Cash
-24.8%
£260,198 £195,582
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£5,321,141 £6,096,266
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+6.3%
63 67
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-15.4%
£1,323,104 £1,119,491
-
Profit before tax
-12%
£1,175,310 £1,034,089
-
Wages
+6.7%
£1,956,339 £2,086,761
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