DRACO DISTRIBUTION LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
Cash
£314K
-62.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+5% vs 2023
Employees
65
-7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£489K
-53.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These conditions, together with other matters explained in note 2.3 to the financial statements, including the reliance of support referred to in note 2.3, which has not been confirmed, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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 | £7,033,418 | £6,684,096 | |
| Operating profit | £1,055,216 | £489,297 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,050,353 | £489,401 | |
| Net profit | £1,063,979 | £502,476 | |
| Cash | £829,571 | £314,109 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,974,890 | £10,464,491 | |
| Net assets | £9,962,015 | £10,464,491 | |
| Equity | £9,962,015 | £10,464,491 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 65 | |
| Wages | £2,278,523 | £2,324,173 |
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 | 15.0% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 15.1% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.6% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.38x | 6.64x | |
| Interest cover | 148.41x | — |
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
- Crowe U.K LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions, together with other matters explained in note 2.3 to the financial statements, including the reliance of support referred to in note 2.3, which has not been confirmed, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- DRACO DISTRIBUTION LTD · parent
- Draco Distribution GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Supply Diversification: By year-end, around 10% of production had been shifted outside China, with new supplier partnerships established to reduce over-reliance, lower shipping costs, and improve time-to-market responsiveness.”
- “Product Evolution: Work began during the latter part of 2024 on the creative development of a new collection strategy aimed at broadening the brand's appeal beyond niche categories. This repositioning is expected to materialise with the Fall/Winter 2025 (FW25) collection, positioning the company to regain market share by the end of 2025.”
- “Leadership Restructuring: Toward year-end, a top management reshaping began. The COO departed at the end of Q4 2024, followed by the planned departure of the CFO in Q1 2025, marking the start of a leadership realignment to support the next chapter.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEERLE, Tom | Director | 2020-11-12 | Oct 1981 | American |
| TARLETON, Sebastian | Director | 2025-05-23 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-11-05 | 2020-11-12 |
| BENCE, Dennis Thomas | Director | 2015-06-18 | 2020-11-12 |
| CUTHBERTSON, Barry | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2024-08-23 |
| HANSES, Tequila-Rose | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2020-11-12 |
| ROBERTS, Michael | Director | 2024-10-28 | 2025-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centicore U.K. Acquisitions Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-12 | Active |
| Mr Dennis Thomas Bence | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-31 | Ceased 2020-11-12 |
| Mrs Tequila-Rose Hanses | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-12 |
| Mr Dennis Thomas Bence | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
-5%
£7,033,418 £6,684,096
-
Cash
-62.1%
£829,571 £314,109
-
Net assets
+5%
£9,962,015 £10,464,491
-
Employees
-7.1%
70 65
-
Operating profit
-53.6%
£1,055,216 £489,297
-
Profit before tax
-53.4%
£1,050,353 £489,401
-
Wages
+2%
£2,278,523 £2,324,173
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