THE DESIGN PORTFOLIO MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-25 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+6.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+20.6% vs 2024
Employees
100
-4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-16.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE DESIGN PORTFOLIO MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED 1999-10-21 → present
- ECOCREST LIMITED 1998-12-02 → 1999-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,808,159 | £9,688,277 | |
| Operating profit | £1,243,552 | £1,039,734 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,244,965 | £1,037,254 | |
| Net profit | £914,905 | £904,786 | |
| Cash | £1,007,468 | £1,072,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,428,200 | £5,320,887 | |
| Net assets | £4,400,793 | £5,305,579 | |
| Equity | £4,400,793 | £5,305,579 | |
| Average employees | 105 | 100 | |
| Wages | £5,666,435 | £5,145,748 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.1% | 19.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.51x | 3.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | 333.68x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “After the year end, on 23 December 2025, the Company entered into a non-cancellable lease agreement for new office premises. The lease commenced on 23 December 2025 and has a term of 2 years. The minimum lease payments equate to £266,900.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, Alison Anita Elizabeth | Secretary | 1999-11-18 | — | British |
| CALLAN, Niall Finbarr | Director | 2020-08-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| CAREY, Alison Anita Elizabeth | Director | 2006-03-29 | Dec 1969 | British |
| CHANNON, Leon Anthony | Director | 2018-08-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| REDMAN, Daniel Louis | Director | 2021-08-01 | May 1990 | British |
| WILFORD, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2003-08-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTALL, Ian Barry | Secretary | 1999-01-13 | 1999-11-18 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-02 | 1999-01-13 |
| BAUMONT, Agnes Jacqueline Marie | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2002-01-22 |
| CRABB, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| MA, Vincent Se-Kim | Director | 2006-02-24 | 2008-01-08 |
| RESTALL, Christine Maria | Director | 2014-02-20 | 2014-02-20 |
| RESTALL, Christine Maria | Director | 1999-01-13 | 1999-07-01 |
| RESTALL, Ian Barry | Director | 1999-01-13 | 2025-10-31 |
| RODZIEWICZ, Christopher | Director | 2000-01-27 | 2002-01-31 |
| VANN, Cornelius Charles | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-02 | 1999-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encompass Agency Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-10.4%
£10,808,159 £9,688,277
-
Cash
+6.4%
£1,007,468 £1,072,000
-
Net assets
+20.6%
£4,400,793 £5,305,579
-
Employees
-4.8%
105 100
-
Operating profit
-16.4%
£1,243,552 £1,039,734
-
Profit before tax
-16.7%
£1,244,965 £1,037,254
-
Wages
-9.2%
£5,666,435 £5,145,748
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