DATUM FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+0.9% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£43K
+139.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DATUM FINANCE LIMITED 2005-02-01 → present
- FURBS COMMERCIAL FINANCE LIMITED 2005-01-18 → 2005-02-01
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£110,090 | £43,395 | |
| Net profit | -£110,090 | £43,395 | |
| Cash | £3,579,464 | £3,611,701 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | -£16,479,682 | -£16,436,287 | |
| 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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Thomas & Young Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any reason why these facilities may be withdrawn in the forseeable future, and it is for this reason that they are preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRURY, Edward Martin | Director | 2016-11-24 | Mar 1949 | British |
| JELFS, Steven Derek | Director | 2009-10-21 | Dec 1963 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CADWALLADER, Derek | Secretary | 2005-01-21 | 2009-08-13 |
| DRURY, Eward Martin | Secretary | 2005-01-18 | 2005-01-21 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-01-18 | 2005-01-18 |
| CADWALLADER, Derek | Director | 2005-01-21 | 2009-08-13 |
| EDDY, Helen Alexandra | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2009-11-17 |
| FORT OBE, Edward Sagar | Director | 2005-01-18 | 2026-03-07 |
| FRIEDLANDER, Susan | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2014-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Sagar Fort | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+0.9%
£3,579,464 £3,611,701
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+139.4%
-£110,090 £43,395
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers