DORA BIDCO UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£486K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£808K
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£9M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | |
| Operating profit | -£7,804,095 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,288,979 | |
| Net profit | -£9,288,979 | |
| Cash | £485,958 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £147,060,516 | |
| Net assets | £807,619 | |
| Equity | £807,619 | |
| Average employees | 0 | |
| Wages | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | -1.42x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these considerations, the Director has determined that this entity remains a going concern for at least 12 months from the sign-off date or until 30 September 2026. The Company was established as part of a holding structure to facilitate the acquisition of the group headed by Dale Partners Limited. Fu”
Group structure
- DORA BIDCO UK LIMITED · parent
- Dale Partners Limited 100%
- Dale Syndicate Services Limited 100%
- Dale Managing Agency Limited 100%
- Dale Nominees Limited 100%
- Magna Syndicate Services 82.31%
- Dale CM No 2 Limited 100%
- Dale CM No 3 Limited 100%
- Dale CM No 5 Limited 100%
- Dale Dual MGU Limited 17%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-09-07 | — | — |
| DALE, Duncan Henderson | Director | 2023-12-15 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDING, Benjamin | Director | 2023-09-07 | 2023-12-15 |
| WALLACE, Andrew Paul, Mr. | Director | 2023-09-07 | 2023-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Midco Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-24 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2023-09-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one