GSL DARDAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-28 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£651K
+36.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+2.5% vs 2024
Employees
444
+12.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£306K
-4.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GSL DARDAN LIMITED 2009-07-02 → present
- ISL DARDAN SECURITY LIMITED 2002-05-16 → 2009-07-02
- NETLOOP LIMITED 2002-02-28 → 2002-05-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,703,891 | £19,105,558 | |
| Operating profit | £335,169 | £317,354 | |
| Profit before tax | £319,069 | £305,960 | |
| Net profit | £232,155 | £225,051 | |
| Cash | £477,960 | £651,426 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £991,919 | £1,021,536 | |
| Net assets | £991,125 | £1,016,176 | |
| Equity | £991,125 | £1,016,176 | |
| Average employees | 394 | 444 | |
| Wages | £12,114,628 | £15,208,347 |
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 | 2.1% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.8% | 31.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 20.07x | 21.80x |
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
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that they have a strong expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. Therefore the directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GSL DARDAN LIMITED · parent
- Dardan Security (Systems) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The decision was made to relocate our Head Office to Granta Park, Cambridge and the move was completed in September 2024. The location has now positioned the business right at the centre of the Life Science and Technology industry in and around Cambridge. The move has also saved costs with a less floor space but increased employee satisfaction due to the excellent location and facilities at Granta Park.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY, Philip John | Director | 2013-10-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| BEARD, Paul | Director | 2021-06-30 | Apr 1967 | British |
| BUXTON, Andrew James | Director | 2020-02-06 | Mar 1970 | British |
| DUFFY, Mark Anthony | Director | 2002-05-09 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEYWOOD, Stephen Dene | Secretary | 2009-01-07 | 2014-06-27 |
| LUNDEAN, David John | Secretary | 2003-06-30 | 2009-01-07 |
| LUNDEAN, David John | Secretary | 2002-05-09 | 2002-10-01 |
| PEACE, Alan Geoffrey | Secretary | 2002-10-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| TAUBMAN, Michael Martin | Secretary | 2014-06-27 | 2021-08-31 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-02-28 | 2002-05-09 |
| BROWNING, Mark John | Director | 2010-05-11 | 2017-06-26 |
| FOSTER, Andrew | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2021-12-31 |
| JAMES, Frank Roger | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| MORTIMER, Stuart Clive | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2008-02-22 |
| TAUBMAN, Michael Martin | Director | 2002-05-09 | 2016-09-30 |
| THIRKETTLE, Gary John | Director | 2009-01-07 | 2009-10-16 |
| WOOLTORTON, Mervyn Raymond | Director | 2009-01-07 | 2017-06-26 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-02-28 | 2002-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gsl Dardan Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2021-08-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+21.7%
£15,703,891 £19,105,558
-
Cash
+36.3%
£477,960 £651,426
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£991,125 £1,016,176
-
Employees
+12.7%
394 444
-
Operating profit
-5.3%
£335,169 £317,354
-
Profit before tax
-4.1%
£319,069 £305,960
-
Wages
+25.5%
£12,114,628 £15,208,347
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