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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-02 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-19

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£4M

-21.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£32M

+21.7% vs 2024

Employees

73

-3.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£8M

+24.6% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. DESIGN PLUS HEALTH & BEAUTY LIMITED 2014-09-01 → present
  2. DESIGN PLUS PACKAGING LIMITED 1999-10-25 → 2014-09-01

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £18,950,000£21,981,000
Operating profit £5,965,000£7,468,000
Profit before tax £6,180,000£7,698,000
Net profit £4,626,000£5,765,000
Cash £4,686,000£3,687,000
Total assets less current liabilities £28,111,000£33,559,000
Net assets £26,631,000£32,407,000
Equity £26,631,000£32,407,000
Average employees 7673
Wages £2,232,000£2,535,000

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 31.5%34.0%
Net margin 24.4%26.2%
Return on capital employed 21.2%22.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 28.7%24.5%
Current ratio 3.72x4.32x
Interest cover 84.01x126.58x

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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have assessed the Company's operations at the reporting date and at date of approval of the financial statements. This assessment encompassed a review of recent trading of the company and detailed cash flow projections which demonstrate that the Company should have adequate resources to continue operating for at least the 12 months from date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate that the Company prepares its financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 14 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HOUSTON, James Secretary 2022-06-21
BROMMER, Matthias Andreas Director 2025-09-23 Apr 1967 German
DONOHOE, Lisa Director 2025-09-23 Jan 1988 Irish
DUGAN, Mark John Director 2008-01-01 Jun 1964 British
HOUSTON, James Director 2022-06-21 Apr 1983 British
PROUD, Robin Christopher Director 2008-01-01 Aug 1974 British
Show 14 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
APPLEYARD, Christine Doris Secretary 1999-10-25 2015-09-30
HARRISON, Giles Alastair Secretary 2015-09-30 2022-06-21
NEEDHAM, Doris Secretary 1999-10-25 2000-01-01
JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1999-10-25 1999-10-25
APPLEYARD, Andrew Nigel Director 1999-10-25 2015-09-30
APPLEYARD, Christine Doris Director 1999-10-25 2015-09-30
COSTIGAN, Conor Francis Director 2015-09-30 2025-09-23
HARRISON, Giles Alastair Director 2015-09-30 2022-06-21
LEES, Michael John Director 1999-10-25 2000-01-01
MCEVOY, Redmond Director 2015-09-30 2025-09-23
NEEDHAM, Doris Director 1999-10-25 2000-01-01
O'CONNOR, Stephen Clifford Director 2015-09-30 2024-12-07
O'CONNOR, Timothy Paul Director 2015-09-30 2026-04-30
JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1999-10-25 1999-10-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Design Plus Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 136 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-01-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2026-01-23 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2026-01-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2026-01-08 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-01-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-07 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current shortened PDF
2025-10-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-02-26 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2024-12-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
11

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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

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

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