DNA (1959) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£492K
-23.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+4% vs 2023
Employees
302
+1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£626K
-31% vs 2023
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 | £34,212,000 | £35,788,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,230,000 | £996,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £907,000 | £626,000 | |
| Net profit | £687,000 | £465,000 | |
| Cash | £644,000 | £492,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,967,000 | £9,700,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,531,000 | £5,752,000 | |
| Equity | £5,531,000 | £5,752,000 | |
| Average employees | 298 | 302 | |
| Wages | £12,002,000 | £13,130,000 |
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 | 3.6% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | 10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.4% | 72.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 3.81x | 2.69x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bates Weston Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DNA (1959) LIMITED · parent
- Ascott Transport Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, Ascott Transport Ltd invested in plant and equipment necessary to allow the new warehouse to become operational.”
- “Also, during the year, the group purchased 18 new tractor units and 23 new trailers to maintain its replacement programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCOTT, Norma Rose | Director | 2019-05-20 | Aug 1942 | British |
| ASCOTT, Peter Norman | Director | 2019-05-20 | Feb 1969 | British |
| ASCOTT, Stuart John | Director | 2019-05-20 | Dec 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart John Ascott | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-28 | Active |
| Mr Peter Norman Ascott | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-04-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2019-11-12 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2019-11-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
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
+4.6%
£34,212,000 £35,788,000
-
Cash
-23.6%
£644,000 £492,000
-
Net assets
+4%
£5,531,000 £5,752,000
-
Employees
+1.3%
298 302
-
Operating profit
-19%
£1,230,000 £996,000
-
Profit before tax
-31%
£907,000 £626,000
-
Wages
+9.4%
£12,002,000 £13,130,000
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