DELUXE ART & THEME LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+165.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+22% vs 2023
Employees
143
-16.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+12.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DELUXE ART & THEME LIMITED 2003-08-15 → present
- MELODY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2002-04-11 → 2003-08-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,086,448 | £23,296,277 | |
| Operating profit | £1,906,794 | £2,119,616 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,902,033 | £2,142,330 | |
| Net profit | £1,481,551 | £1,600,047 | |
| Cash | £3,659,261 | £9,718,849 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,789,984 | £9,364,703 | |
| Net assets | £7,278,637 | £8,878,684 | |
| Equity | £7,278,637 | £8,878,684 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 143 | |
| Wages | £7,321,232 | £6,746,908 |
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 | 9.0% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.5% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.37x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 110.31x | 114.31x |
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
- Muldoon
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- DELUXE ART & THEME LIMITED · parent
- The Deluxe Group Inc 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the group since the financial year-end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMYTH, Ruth Joanne | Secretary | 2024-07-11 | — | — |
| CONNOLLY, Colm Gerard | Director | 2018-01-23 | Feb 1975 | Irish |
| MACKLE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-01-23 | Jul 1961 | Irish |
| O'FARRELL, Colm Martin | Director | 2002-05-01 | Jul 1970 | Irish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKLE, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2015-07-27 | 2024-07-11 |
| O'FARRELL, Colum Patrick | Secretary | 2002-04-11 | 2015-07-27 |
| HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph | Director | 2002-04-11 | 2002-05-01 |
| KANE, Dorothy May | Director | 2002-04-11 | 2002-05-01 |
| O'FARRELL, Colum Patrick | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2018-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Colum Patrick O'Farrell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-11 | Ceased 2018-12-05 |
| Mr Colm Martin O'Farrell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-28 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-12-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
+10.5%
£21,086,448 £23,296,277
-
Cash
+165.6%
£3,659,261 £9,718,849
-
Net assets
+22%
£7,278,637 £8,878,684
-
Employees
-16.4%
171 143
-
Operating profit
+11.2%
£1,906,794 £2,119,616
-
Profit before tax
+12.6%
£1,902,033 £2,142,330
-
Wages
-7.8%
£7,321,232 £6,746,908
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