D.P.P. LIMITED
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Cash
£801k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4.4m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
161
Average over period
Profit before tax
£177k
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,634,878 | £15,992,888 | £22,032,074 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,377,539 | £780,318 | £196,504 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,463,732 | £759,472 | £177,195 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,382,012 | £597,272 | £853,114 | — | |
| Cash | £961,510 | £549,836 | £801,418 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,807,780 | £11,320,045 | £4,369,989 | — | |
| Net assets | £10,234,304 | £10,914,335 | £4,369,989 | — | |
| Equity | £10,234,304 | £10,914,335 | £4,369,989 | — | |
| Average employees | 160 | 168 | 161 | — | |
| Wages | £7,606,930 | £7,995,386 | £10,390,494 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £475,568 | £628,702 | £1,460,590 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £65,507 | £57,675 | £12,164 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £116,561 | £134,002 | £418,774 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 14 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 4.9% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 3.7% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 6.9% | 4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.9% | 23.0% | 42.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 4.39x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 13.62x | 17.79x | 4.53x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have also obtained a letter of support from the Company's ultimate parent undertaking confirming its intention to provide financial support, if required, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In February 2026, the Company sold its freehold property for £1,325,000 and entered into a 20-year leaseback arrangement.”
- “The intercompany loan arrangements were restructured. The loan owed by the company to its immediate parent undertaking, Ensco 969 Limited, was capitalised by way of the issue of 1 ordinary share of £0.01 in the company to Ensco 969 Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELTHAM, Mark Bryan John | Secretary | 2020-08-03 | — | — |
| FELTHAM, Mark Bryan John | Director | 2022-01-17 | Jan 1988 | British |
| GRAINGER, Glyn Thomas | Director | 2022-10-28 | May 1964 | British |
| MASTERS, Lee | Director | 2022-10-28 | May 1975 | British |
| SHINE, Naomi Tehrani | Director | 2026-09-09 | Jun 1993 | American |
| WEPENER, Frederik Jacobus Van Rensburg | Director | 2026-09-09 | Oct 1975 | British |
| WEST, Adam Charles Phillip | Director | 2022-10-28 | Oct 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANDO, Susan | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2003-08-27 |
| KING, James Boustred | Secretary | 2003-08-27 | 2020-08-03 |
| PRICE, Dean Mills | Secretary | 1999-02-25 | 2000-05-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-25 | 1999-02-25 |
| COLEY, Paul | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2012-01-31 |
| ENGLAND, Neil Alan | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-04-22 |
| GRAINGER, Glyn Thomas | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| HUBBARD, John David | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2004-07-23 |
| KING, James Boustred | Director | 2004-08-14 | 2020-08-03 |
| PRICE, Dean Mills | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2025-11-20 |
| SPENCER, Mark | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2012-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensco 969 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.