DATUM RPO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£786K
-28% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+10.6% vs 2023
Employees
159
-11.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£882K
-13.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DATUM RPO LIMITED 2013-07-05 → present
- BCOMP 435 LIMITED 2011-08-16 → 2013-07-05
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 | £22,034,000 | £20,023,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,297,000 | £1,018,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,022,000 | £882,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,025,000 | £1,046,000 | |
| Cash | £1,092,000 | £786,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,841,000 | £10,907,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,841,000 | £10,887,000 | |
| Equity | £9,841,000 | £10,887,000 | |
| Average employees | 179 | 159 | |
| Wages | £18,317,000 | £16,886,000 |
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 | 5.9% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.9% | 74.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 4.72x | 7.49x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is a cross guarantor of the Group's finance facilities, its ability to continue to operate as a going concern is predicated on the ability of the Group as a whole to operate within the terms of its banking facilities and to adhere to the financial covenants therein. A letter of support from Staffline Group plc has been received detailing financial support will be provided for at least 12 months from the signing of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 2 February 2023, the ownership of the Company was transferred at book value from Passionate About People Limited to Staffline Group plc, its ultimate parent undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEG LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-03-15 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, Frank Robert | Director | 2020-03-11 | Apr 1974 | British |
| DE LUCCHI, Ben | Director | 2019-12-02 | Oct 1977 | British |
| QUINT, Daniel Simon | Director | 2021-04-01 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERESFORD, Alan Robert | Secretary | 2011-09-16 | 2018-09-28 |
| COLLINS, Paul | Secretary | 2018-09-28 | 2019-09-27 |
| GORMLEY, Philip Andrew | Secretary | 2019-09-27 | 2020-08-01 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-08-01 | 2021-03-15 |
| BERESFORD, Alan Robert | Director | 2011-09-16 | 2018-09-28 |
| KEEGAN, Mark | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2019-07-18 |
| LEWIS, Tracy | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2020-04-24 |
| LUXTON, Clare Ann | Director | 2011-09-16 | 2012-08-31 |
| PUGH, Raymond | Director | 2011-09-16 | 2018-09-28 |
| PULLEN, Christopher Mark | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2020-06-03 |
| RUDGE, Anthony Alexander De Nouaille | Director | 2011-08-16 | 2011-09-16 |
| STRICKLAND, James Frederick Anthony | Director | 2011-09-16 | 2018-09-28 |
| UNDERWOOD, Mark William | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2020-01-17 |
| WATTS, Michael Robert, Dr | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2019-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffline Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-02 | Active |
| Passionate About People Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-28 | Ceased 2023-02-02 |
| Mr Raymond Pugh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-16 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Mr Alan Robert Beresford | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-16 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Mr James Frederick Anthony Strickland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-16 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-04-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-9.1%
£22,034,000 £20,023,000
-
Cash
-28%
£1,092,000 £786,000
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£9,841,000 £10,887,000
-
Employees
-11.2%
179 159
-
Operating profit
-21.5%
£1,297,000 £1,018,000
-
Profit before tax
-13.7%
£1,022,000 £882,000
-
Wages
-7.8%
£18,317,000 £16,886,000
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