DREES & SOMMER UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-26 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
210
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DREES & SOMMER UK LIMITED 2024-01-03 → present
- AA PROJECTS LIMITED 1999-05-27 → 2024-01-03
- AAP PROJECTS LIMITED 1999-05-12 → 1999-05-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,455,290 | £25,769,376 | |
| Operating profit | £1,030,175 | £1,991,496 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,073,380 | £1,992,657 | |
| Net profit | £792,298 | £1,433,425 | |
| Cash | £2,481,705 | £2,370,499 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,466,892 | £7,900,317 | |
| Net assets | £6,466,892 | £7,900,317 | |
| Equity | £6,466,892 | £7,900,317 | |
| Average employees | 195 | 210 | |
| Wages | £8,549,117 | £12,169,629 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 25.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.6% | 50.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 162.80x | 51.86x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a strong 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.”
Group structure
- DREES & SOMMER UK LIMITED · parent
- Drees & Sommer US Inc 100%
Significant events
- “The company has taken strategic steps to increase its geographical coverage, sector diversification and cost efficiencies through the acquisition of Johnston Houston in Northern Ireland on 30 September 2024 and RSP Consulting Engineers in Scotland on 3 March 2025 and is now working to integrate these businesses in Drees & Sommer UK.”
- “On 30 September 2024 the company acquired the business of Johnston Houston.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRINDROD, Neil | Secretary | 2010-01-01 | — | — |
| FRASER, Graeme | Director | 2025-07-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| FYLES, Neil Alan John | Director | 2015-10-22 | Aug 1974 | British |
| GRINDROD, Neil | Director | 2009-11-02 | Oct 1972 | British |
| RYAN, James | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jul 1987 | British |
| SIMPSON, Mark Craig | Director | 2018-04-06 | Mar 1976 | British |
| THORPE, Christopher James | Director | 2008-04-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Kenneth Michael | Director | 2017-04-03 | Jun 1973 | British,Irish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KONARSKI, Alan Marian | Secretary | 1999-05-12 | 2010-01-01 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1999-05-12 | 1999-05-12 |
| ALLEN, Edward Paul | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2019-07-26 |
| DE HAAN, Michel Leonard | Director | 2022-03-09 | 2023-01-01 |
| DENTON, Stuart | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2009-12-01 |
| GERMAN, Keith Leslie | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2014-04-01 |
| GREEN, Brian | Director | 2004-04-06 | 2007-02-16 |
| GRINDROD, Neil | Director | 2009-11-02 | 2009-11-02 |
| HEMPEL, Sascha | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2023-09-06 |
| KONARSKI, Alan Marian | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2008-09-30 |
| MAHOOD, Desmond John | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-08-02 |
| MCEVOY, Kevin Rex | Director | 2005-02-21 | 2018-04-06 |
| REDDIN, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2011-05-27 |
| STEELE, Robert Roy | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2009-02-13 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 1999-05-12 | 1999-05-12 |
| WRIGHT, Niall Michael | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2018-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa Projects (2018) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-15 | Ceased 2023-12-18 |
| Aa Projects Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-01-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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