CDS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-02
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-29.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
86
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+26% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CDS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2009-09-23 → present
- CD SHOPFITTERS LIMITED 2005-01-20 → 2009-09-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-02
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-28 | 2025-02-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,943,000 | £52,307,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,746,000 | £2,199,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,784,000 | £2,247,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,326,000 | £218,000 | |
| Cash | £3,382,000 | £2,386,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,179,000 | £14,397,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,179,000 | £14,397,000 | |
| Equity | £14,179,000 | £14,397,000 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 86 | |
| Wages | £3,746,000 | £4,512,000 |
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 | 2024-01-28 | 2025-02-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.77x | 2.27x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Several significant repeat business customers have been secured in the period, adding stability to the existing customer base which is underpinned by its immediate parent company CDS (Superstores International) Limited who continue to offer a strong workload pipeline.”
- “Profitability has increased in the period as a result of a 'right first time' mentality and improvements delivered via the supply chain and procurement processes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Christopher Frederick | Director | 2005-01-20 | Dec 1951 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2005-01-20 | 2017-03-23 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-01-20 | 2005-01-20 |
| DAWSON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2005-01-20 | 2017-03-23 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-01-20 | 2005-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cds Superstores International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Frederick Dawson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Sarah Jane Dawson | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | 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 2025-02-02 vs 2024-01-28
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£51,943,000 £52,307,000
-
Cash
-29.5%
£3,382,000 £2,386,000
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£14,179,000 £14,397,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
85 86
-
Operating profit
+25.9%
£1,746,000 £2,199,000
-
Profit before tax
+26%
£1,784,000 £2,247,000
-
Wages
+20.4%
£3,746,000 £4,512,000
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