DB SYMMETRY LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
+394.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£401M
+2,631.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
-117.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DB SYMMETRY LTD 2015-01-16 → present
- BARWOOD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2003-03-31 → 2015-01-16
- SECKLOE 132 LIMITED 2002-09-17 → 2003-03-31
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 | £4,009 | £4,129,718 | |
| Operating profit | -£557,545 | £3,722,437 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,881,085 | -£1,226,097 | |
| Net profit | £6,233,812 | -£1,361,129 | |
| Cash | £5,111,803 | £25,269,483 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,671,220 | £400,716,818 | |
| Net assets | £14,671,220 | £400,716,818 | |
| Equity | £14,671,220 | £400,716,818 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13907.3% | 90.1% | |
| Net margin | 155495.4% | -33.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.8% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | -206.04x | 91.13x |
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
“The directors have paid particular attention to the appropriateness of the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. The company has received an undertaking from its ultimate parent company that no intra-group amounts owed by the company will be called for repayment for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, unless the company is in a position to make payments without adversely affecting its ability to continue to trade and settle any future obligations.”
Group structure
- DB SYMMETRY LTD · parent
- Tritax Big Box Development (Midlands) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Wigan UK Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Bicester Reid) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Blyth) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Darlington) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Hinckley) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Goole) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Aston Clinton) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Barwell) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Rugby) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Speke) Ltd 1%
- Tritax Big Box Developments (Land) LLP 1%
- Symmetry Park Biggleswade Management Company Ltd 1%
- Symmetry Park Aston Clinton Management Company Ltd 1%
- Symmetry Park Doncaster Management Company Ltd 0.5%
- Tritax Symmetry Merseyside Land Ltd 1%
- Symmetry Park Merseyside Management Company Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Wigan Management Company Ltd 1%
- Symmetry Park Kettering Management Company Ltd 1%
- Symmetry Park Rugby Management Company Ltd 1%
- Symmetry Park Biggleswade Management Company No 3 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Oxford Management Company Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Ardley Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Bicester 2 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Northampton West Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Merseyside 1 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Northampton Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Oxford Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Rugby South Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park St Helens Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Wigan Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Gloucester Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Leicester South Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Biggleswade 2 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Glasgow East Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Biggleswade 3 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park South Elmsall Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Biggleswade 4 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Rugby West Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Darlington 2 Ltd 1%
- Intermodal Logistics Park North Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Bicester 3 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Symmetry Rugby South 2 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Leicester South 2 Ltd 1%
- Tritax Park Crewe Ltd 1%
- Tritax Big Box Developments (Northampton) LLP 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Lutterworth) LLP 1%
- Tritax Symmetry (Kettering) LLP 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Petrina Marie, Ms. | Director | 2019-02-19 | Apr 1974 | British |
| DUNLOP, James Angus | Director | 2019-02-19 | Aug 1967 | British |
| FRANKLIN, Henry Bell | Director | 2019-02-19 | Aug 1973 | British |
| GODFREY, Colin Richard | Director | 2019-02-19 | May 1965 | British |
| OLIVER, William Macmillan | Director | 2023-03-29 | Nov 1979 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Frankie Ray | Director | 2021-01-04 | Oct 1985 | British |
| WITHERS, Charles Edwin | Director | 2022-09-21 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2006-09-04 | 2014-12-19 |
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2003-04-17 | 2004-03-24 |
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Secretary | 2006-09-04 | 2014-12-19 |
| YOUNG, Craig Robert | Secretary | 2004-03-24 | 2006-01-20 |
| A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-17 | 2002-10-09 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2014-12-19 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-09 | 2003-04-17 |
| AMOS, Terence Philip | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2009-01-31 |
| BOWEN, Richard William | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2023-03-29 |
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2014-12-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Henry Brian | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2019-02-19 |
| DICKMAN, Andrew | Director | 2014-12-19 | 2019-02-19 |
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2014-12-19 |
| HOBART, Bjorn Dominic | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2021-11-29 |
| LITTLE, Marcus James | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2004-11-05 |
| MATTHEWS, Christian Peter | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2019-02-19 |
| REDDING, Philip Anthony | Director | 2021-11-29 | 2022-09-21 |
| RUDGE, Alan James | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2014-12-19 |
| SHAW, Mark Glenn Bridgman | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2020-01-07 |
| YOUNG, Craig Robert | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2006-01-20 |
| A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-17 | 2002-10-09 |
| DV4 ADMINISTRATION 1 UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-12-19 | 2019-02-19 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-10-09 | 2003-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tritax Big Box Developments Holdco 1 Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-20 RP04SH01 Legacy
- 2024-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+102,911.2%
£4,009 £4,129,718
-
Cash
+394.3%
£5,111,803 £25,269,483
-
Net assets
+2,631.3%
£14,671,220 £400,716,818
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+767.6%
-£557,545 £3,722,437
-
Profit before tax
-117.8%
£6,881,085 -£1,226,097
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