DEFENCE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+2,469.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+18.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-16.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,493,000 | £17,336,000 | |
| Operating profit | £584,000 | £642,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,440,000 | £2,048,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,044,000 | £594,000 | |
| Cash | £98,000 | £2,518,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,784,000 | £38,048,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,334,000 | £12,208,000 | |
| Equity | £10,334,000 | £12,208,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.9% | 74.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.76x | 4.76x | |
| Interest cover | 0.23x | 0.29x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the company's projected profits and cashflows. Having examined the current status of the principal contracts and likely developments in the foreseeable future, the directors consider that the company will be able to settle its liabilities as they fall due and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The directors expect trading conditions in the coming year to be broadly similar to those in the year ended 31 March 2025. The directors consider that the committed funding available to the company is sufficient to meet all of the company's financial and contracted obligations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMPERIAN SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-01 | — | — |
| DONN, Michael Andrew | Director | 2013-08-01 | Feb 1972 | British |
| LITTLE, Richard Geoffrey, Mr. | Director | 2023-05-31 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MCLURE, Cameron Hannah | Director | 2025-01-31 | Oct 1994 | British |
| RITCHIE, Alan Campbell | Director | 2017-04-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENDALL, Robert William | Secretary | 1999-09-03 | 1999-10-04 |
| SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-10-04 | 2005-09-01 |
| ASHBROOK, Philip Peter | Director | 2000-09-29 | 2004-11-19 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2006-12-07 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2003-06-05 | 2004-08-27 |
| BREE, Rhona Macdonald | Director | 2005-04-25 | 2005-08-15 |
| BREMNER, Alexander George | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| BROWN, Gary Nelson Robert Honeyman | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2012-02-21 |
| COHEN, Gershon Daniel | Director | 2024-01-19 | 2025-01-31 |
| DARLING, Andrew David | Director | 2002-02-05 | 2004-01-29 |
| DICKINSON, Victoria Helen | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2005-04-15 |
| DOUGHTY, William Robert | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2008-02-06 |
| FINDLAY, Michael James | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2009-03-11 |
| GARDINER, Patrick Hugh | Director | 2000-07-12 | 2004-06-07 |
| GRANT, Philip Robert | Director | 2002-02-05 | 2004-01-29 |
| HILL, Karen Marie | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2010-07-01 |
| HORNBY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2008-02-06 | 2023-05-31 |
| HORNBY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2006-12-07 |
| HORNBY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2002-02-22 | 2004-06-07 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Nigel | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2004-06-15 |
| KENDALL, Robert William | Director | 1999-09-03 | 2000-07-12 |
| KIRKWOOD, David | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2000-02-03 |
| LAFFERTY, Henry | Director | 1999-09-03 | 2001-08-02 |
| LUCAS, Barry | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2000-07-12 |
| MCCABE, Julia Sarah | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2017-04-01 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2008-02-06 | 2012-05-18 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2007-01-30 | 2008-02-06 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2006-12-18 |
| MILNER, Paul George | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2000-02-03 |
| POWNALL, Harvey John William | Director | 2012-02-21 | 2012-09-03 |
| SMALLWOOD, James Douglas Mortimer | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2002-02-05 |
| SMITH, Martin Timothy | Director | 2005-04-25 | 2024-01-19 |
| SUTTON, Andrew John | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2004-02-11 |
| WAKEFIELD, Nicholas Jeremy | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2002-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfi Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Aberdeen Infrastructure (No.3) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-0.9%
£17,493,000 £17,336,000
-
Cash
+2,469.4%
£98,000 £2,518,000
-
Net assets
+18.1%
£10,334,000 £12,208,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+9.9%
£584,000 £642,000
-
Profit before tax
-16.1%
£2,440,000 £2,048,000
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