DACO SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
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Cash
£6.4M
+47.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+9.2% vs 2024
Employees
88
+12.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.1M
+54.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,782,287 | £14,590,289 | +14.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,447,471 | £1,968,335 | +36% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,388,360 | £2,148,180 | +54.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,035,318 | £1,615,578 | +56% | |
| Cash | £4,330,946 | £6,403,863 | +47.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,095,111 | £12,095,590 | +9% | |
| Net assets | £11,051,117 | £12,066,554 | +9.2% | |
| Equity | £11,051,117 | £12,066,554 | +9.2% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 88 | +12.8% | |
| Wages | £3,924,640 | £4,172,328 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £397,708 | £623,900 | +56.9% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 11.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 16.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 5.79x | 5.15x | |
| Interest cover | 17.79x | 15.64x |
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
- DACO SCIENTIFIC LIMITED 1988-01-06 → present
- MAXISAGA LIMITED 1987-07-31 → 1988-01-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- DACO SCIENTIFIC LIMITED · parent
- Daco Hand Controllers Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Firstly, the continuing uncertainties impacting the company associated with post-April 2025 US tariffs (notwithstanding the February 2026 Supreme Court Ruling), and the ongoing partial US import slowdown, and the post-war supply chain events in Iran and the wider Middle East and their possible adverse impact on some of the other risks mentioned below.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIDOUT, John Philip | Secretary | 2002-09-04 | — | British |
| CARLUCCI, Christopher | Director | 2024-12-01 | Jan 1988 | British |
| ENGEL, Roy Eric | Director | 2002-09-04 | Oct 1963 | British |
| RIDOUT, John Philip | Director | — | May 1959 | British |
| VEEL, Christopher James | Director | 2002-01-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERRISON, Susan Helen | Secretary | — | 2002-09-04 |
| DAVIS, Peter | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| JONES, Chris | Director | — | 2001-05-11 |
| KERRISON, Peter Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-09-04 |
| LEAVER, Frank Ellis | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1994-08-26 |
| MONGER, Edwin George, Mr. | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2002-09-16 |
| READ, Malcolm | Director | — | 1997-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roy Eric Engel | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr John Philip Ridout | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Peter Davis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.