DESSA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-21 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£489K
-72.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+38.7% vs 2024
Employees
9
+12.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-26.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DESSA LIMITED 2011-01-07 → present
- ACCESS SOLUTION PRODUCTS LIMITED 2009-10-21 → 2011-01-07
- TWAI LIMITED 2009-10-20 → 2009-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,927,578 | £11,624,683 | |
| Operating profit | £3,394,800 | £2,557,505 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,549,182 | £2,603,843 | |
| Net profit | £2,662,681 | £1,297,671 | |
| Cash | £1,748,857 | £488,760 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,351,320 | £4,649,091 | |
| Net assets | £3,351,320 | £4,649,091 | |
| Equity | £3,351,320 | £4,649,091 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 9 | |
| Wages | £411,808 | £462,366 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.4% | 22.0% | |
| Net margin | 19.1% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 101.3% | 55.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.8% | 70.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | 15.47x | 5.95x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered the company's ability to continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. The company has made a profit in the year and is in both a net current asset and a net asset position at the year end. The company has strong cash reserves in place to meet its day-to-day working capital requirements. Long term forecasts prepared by the directors show that the company has the ability to continue to operate within the cash available to it, for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of these financial statements. The directors therefore consider it appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Alan | Secretary | 2015-01-15 | — | — |
| CLIFFORD, Mark | Director | 2015-01-15 | Apr 1970 | British |
| JENKINS, Anthony Lewis | Director | 2011-09-30 | Apr 1966 | British |
| WILKINSON, Alan | Director | 2015-01-15 | Apr 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERNON, Alyson | Secretary | 2009-10-20 | 2015-01-15 |
| MOORE, Desmond Anthony | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2023-05-31 |
| SKEATS, Alan John Charles | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2017-09-14 |
| VERNON, Robert Allan | Director | 2009-10-20 | 2015-01-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Altrad | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-16.5%
£13,927,578 £11,624,683
-
Cash
-72.1%
£1,748,857 £488,760
-
Net assets
+38.7%
£3,351,320 £4,649,091
-
Employees
+12.5%
8 9
-
Operating profit
-24.7%
£3,394,800 £2,557,505
-
Profit before tax
-26.6%
£3,549,182 £2,603,843
-
Wages
+12.3%
£411,808 £462,366
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