D.I.P.T. LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-31.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
+12.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
68
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£973k
+3.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,450,000 | £15,030,000 | £16,458,693 | £15,076,094 | £16,284,709 | +8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £802,167 | £903,176 | £944,259 | +4.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £817,501 | £938,463 | £973,294 | +3.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,150,000 | £1,230,000 | £751,592 | £725,366 | £950,792 | +31.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,649,193 | £1,682,457 | £1,146,003 | -31.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £6,034,492 | £6,456,061 | £7,240,303 | +12.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,998,592 | £6,431,561 | £7,223,903 | +12.3% | |
| Equity | £4,630,000 | £5,420,000 | £5,998,592 | £6,431,561 | £7,223,903 | +12.3% | |
| Average employees | — | — | 69 | 69 | 68 | -1.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,014,144 | £1,864,439 | £2,020,373 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £223,131 | £230,073 | £199,280 | -13.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £49,747 | £223,903 | £98,534 | -56% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £109,921 | £131,366 | — | — |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.9% | 6.0% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 8.2% | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 13.3% | 14.0% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 26.6% | 27.2% | 22.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.39x | 3.23x | 3.65x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- D.I.P.T. LIMITED 1983-03-28 → present
- D.I.P.T. (DERBY) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1983-03-28
- D.I.P.T. (HIRE SERVICES) LIMITED 1978-07-14 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Magma Audit LLP (part of the Dains Group)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the group's financial position and forecasted cash flows and concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- D.I.P.T. LIMITED · parent
- Metal Fabrication Supplies Limited 100%
- Protrade Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Successful completion of a complete digital transformation project with minimal disruption to services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Matthew James | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | — | — |
| BRADSHAW, Matthew James | Director | 2018-08-20 | Jul 1977 | British |
| BRODERICK, Michael | Director | 2023-05-19 | Feb 1970 | Irish |
| SANDERS, Craig Kenneth | Director | 2003-07-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SANDERS, Robert Bernard | Director | — | Mar 1945 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOVATT, Simon David | Secretary | 1996-12-01 | 2019-10-14 |
| SANDERS, Isabella | Secretary | — | 1996-12-01 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Alan Steel | Director | — | 1999-10-29 |
| DAWSON, Neil | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-09-21 |
| LOVATT, Simon David | Director | — | 2020-05-31 |
| ROONEY, Nicholas Patrick | Director | — | 2025-02-10 |
| SANDERS, Isabella | Director | — | 1996-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.I.P.T. Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.