DURR LIMITED
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Cash
£517K
+65.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
97
-2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.5M
+14.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,093,000 | £36,850,000 | £43,477,000 | +18% | |
| Operating profit | £2,594,000 | £5,312,000 | £6,242,000 | +17.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,642,000 | £5,640,000 | £6,461,000 | +14.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,018,000 | £4,241,000 | £5,886,000 | +38.8% | |
| Cash | £2,369,000 | £313,000 | £517,000 | +65.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,876,000 | £11,031,000 | £12,287,000 | +11.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,688,000 | £10,424,000 | £12,156,000 | +16.6% | |
| Equity | £9,688,000 | £10,424,000 | £12,156,000 | +16.6% | |
| Average employees | 103 | 99 | 97 | -2% | |
| Wages | £7,289,000 | £7,252,000 | £7,182,000 | -1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £301,000 | £378,000 | £420,000 | +11.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 14.4% | 14.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 11.5% | 13.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.9% | 48.2% | 50.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.6% | 59.7% | 57.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.47x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 32.84x | 41.83x | 44.91x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DURR LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- OTTO DURR (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED 1971-02-17 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “On the 31st October 2025 Durr completed the sale of the CTS business (announced in 2024).”
- “No subsequent events have taken place with the exception of the declaration of a dividend of £5.7m for 2025 payable in 2026 (2024: £4.15m paid in 2025).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEETHAM, Keith | Secretary | 2017-05-11 | — | — |
| ASHMORE, Darren Christopher | Director | 2016-04-11 | Aug 1968 | British |
| CHEETHAM, Keith | Director | 2017-05-02 | Jul 1971 | English |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMORE, Darren Christopher | Secretary | 2017-02-20 | 2017-05-11 |
| EDWARDS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2014-12-04 | 2017-02-08 |
| FULTON, Roy Ronald | Secretary | 2000-10-01 | 2001-08-01 |
| SIDDORN, Bruce, Eur Ing | Secretary | 2002-12-01 | 2014-12-04 |
| SIDDORN, Bruce, Eur Ing | Secretary | 2001-08-01 | 2002-05-01 |
| SMERDON, Peter | Secretary | — | 2000-10-01 |
| TRIPP, John Casey | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2002-07-23 |
| ANDERSON, Paul | Director | — | 2001-08-01 |
| BARLOW, John Thomas | Director | — | 2000-10-01 |
| BENNETT, Clifford Joseph | Director | 1993-02-02 | 2001-03-30 |
| CLANCY, Francis Patrick Paul | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2016-12-31 |
| CLANCY, Francis Patrick Paul | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2014-02-28 |
| CLANCY, Francis Patrick Paul | Director | 1993-02-02 | 1995-07-05 |
| EDWARDS, Stephen John | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2017-02-08 |
| FULTON, Roy Ronald | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2001-08-01 |
| GERST, Heinz | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2001-08-01 |
| GOULDSON, Simon Paul | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2015-12-16 |
| GRAU, Reinhold, Doctor | Director | 1995-10-12 | 2004-10-20 |
| HAUN, Frank | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2001-08-01 |
| HILLER, Bernward | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| KEARNS, Paul Anthony | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2023-03-29 |
| LEWIS, Sally | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2017-05-11 |
| MUNCASTER, Craig | Director | 2003-11-13 | 2010-06-30 |
| POTSCH, Hans Dieter | Director | 1995-10-12 | 2001-02-22 |
| RUBER, Harald | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| SCHALL, Walther | Director | — | 1997-04-07 |
| SCHMIDT, Reichart | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| SMERDON, Peter | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-10-01 |
| SOMMER, Jurgen | Director | 1993-02-02 | 1995-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, Keith Charles | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-01-12 |
| TREPELS, Wilfred Wilhelm, Diplom Kaufmann | Director | 2001-10-05 | 2005-04-30 |
| TRIPP, John Casey | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2002-07-23 |
| WEIL, Manfred | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2014-01-21 |
| WOOD, Trevor Ernest, Mr. | Director | — | 2005-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durr Ag | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2018-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.