DAVID BROWN SANTASALO UK (INDUSTRIAL) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£525K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
Equity attributable
Employees
66
+2,100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DAVID BROWN SANTASALO UK (INDUSTRIAL) LTD 2023-11-30 → present
- DAVID BROWN UK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2008-09-24 → 2023-11-30
- PLEASE CHOOSE LIMITED 2008-08-20 → 2008-09-24
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 | — | £11,227,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £488,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,336,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,338,000 | |
| Cash | — | £525,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £0 | £12,804,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £12,387,000 | |
| Equity | — | £12,387,000 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 66 | |
| Wages | — | £2,481,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -20.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.34x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.54x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have carried out a detailed assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern through to 31 December 2026, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This review considered the Company's strong trading performance, its substantial order book and the positive outlook across its core industrial markets. Based on this analysis and taking account of the resources and support available across the wider DB Santasalo Group, the directors are satisfied that the Company has sufficient liquidity and resilience to meet its obligations as they fall due. Accordingly, the financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 31 December 2023, the Company acquired the Industrial trading business from a related party within the David Brown Santasalo Group, David Brown Santasalo UK Limited. As part of the restructuring, the consideration for the transfer was initially recognised as an intercompany loan.”
- “In March 2024, this loan was released in exchange for the issue of new shares to the parent company, resulting in a £14.7m increase in share premium.”
- “On 2 July 2025, the Company acquired certain Intellectual Property Rights from David Brown Santasalo UK Limited for consideration of £3,000,000.”
- “On 20 August 2025, the consideration receivable was assigned by David Brown Santasalo UK Limited to David Brown Group Limited by way of a partial reduction in its existing loan payable, and a formal loan agreement was entered into between the Company and David Brown Group Limited with respect to the outstanding loan balance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITT, David | Director | 2011-07-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| MACINTOSH, Stewart Robert | Director | 2023-11-29 | Oct 1979 | British |
| NORMAN, Kate Hilary | Director | 2023-11-29 | Sep 1977 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Adam | Director | 2024-05-01 | Mar 1983 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINGHAM, Pamela Ann | Secretary | 2010-01-14 | 2012-02-01 |
| TULLEY, Karen Ann | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2025-05-22 |
| TULLEY, Karen Ann | Secretary | 2008-08-28 | 2010-01-14 |
| BURLEY, Thomas | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2018-10-18 |
| CHARLSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2011-02-28 |
| HAWKINS, Douglas Grahame | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2017-03-06 |
| HOLLAND, Mark Harry | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2011-07-01 |
| MACINTOSH, Stewart Robert | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2017-03-06 |
| MARSHALL, Gerard | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2017-03-06 |
| POWELL, Shauna Margaret | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2017-03-06 |
| VICKERY, Neville Alfred | Director | 2008-10-30 | 2011-02-18 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-08-20 | 2008-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Brown Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-28 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+2,100%
3 66
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