D.P.P. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£550K
-42.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+6.6% vs 2023
Employees
168
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£759K
-48.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,634,878 | £15,992,888 | |
| Operating profit | £1,377,539 | £780,318 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,463,732 | £759,472 | |
| Net profit | £1,382,012 | £597,272 | |
| Cash | £961,510 | £549,836 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,807,780 | £11,320,045 | |
| Net assets | £10,234,304 | £10,914,435 | |
| Equity | £10,234,304 | £10,914,435 | |
| Average employees | 160 | 168 | |
| Wages | £7,606,930 | £7,995,386 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 4.39x | |
| Interest cover | 13.62x | 17.79x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 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.”
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
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELTHAM, Mark Bryan John | Secretary | 2020-08-03 | — | — |
| FELTHAM, Mark Bryan John | Director | 2022-01-17 | Jan 1988 | British |
| GRAINGER, Glyn Thomas | Director | 2022-10-28 | May 1964 | British |
| MASTERS, Lee | Director | 2022-10-28 | May 1975 | British |
| WEST, Adam Charles Phillip | Director | 2022-10-28 | Oct 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANDO, Susan | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2003-08-27 |
| KING, James Boustred | Secretary | 2003-08-27 | 2020-08-03 |
| PRICE, Dean Mills | Secretary | 1999-02-25 | 2000-05-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-25 | 1999-02-25 |
| COLEY, Paul | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2012-01-31 |
| ENGLAND, Neil Alan | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-04-22 |
| GRAINGER, Glyn Thomas | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| HUBBARD, John David | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2004-07-23 |
| KING, James Boustred | Director | 2004-08-14 | 2020-08-03 |
| PRICE, Dean Mills | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2025-11-20 |
| SPENCER, Mark | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2012-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensco 969 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+2.3%
£15,634,878 £15,992,888
-
Cash
-42.8%
£961,510 £549,836
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£10,234,304 £10,914,435
-
Employees
+5%
160 168
-
Operating profit
-43.4%
£1,377,539 £780,318
-
Profit before tax
-48.1%
£1,463,732 £759,472
-
Wages
+5.1%
£7,606,930 £7,995,386
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