DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5M
-26% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.3M
+42.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
104
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5M
+127.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £20,129,049 | £21,348,875 | £20,911,269 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,441,949 | £1,051,255 | £2,384,627 | +126.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,460,823 | £1,085,696 | £2,469,922 | +127.5% | |
| Net profit | £811,303 | £374,515 | £1,579,959 | +321.9% | |
| Cash | £2,625,964 | £3,429,518 | £2,538,508 | -26% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,354,469 | £3,737,035 | £5,304,185 | +41.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,314,907 | £3,689,422 | £5,269,381 | +42.8% | |
| Equity | £3,314,907 | £3,689,422 | £5,269,381 | +42.8% | |
| Average employees | 113 | 109 | 104 | -4.6% | |
| Wages | £5,727,952 | £6,020,255 | £6,200,845 | +3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £422,832 | £483,554 | £491,556 | +1.7% |
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% | 4.9% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 1.8% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.0% | 28.1% | 45.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 72.6% | 62.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | 0.80x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 46.49x | — |
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
- DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED 2006-04-29 → present
- FULL MOON COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2001-06-26 → 2006-04-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has a positive balance sheet of £5,274,180 (2024: £3,689,422), it has a net current asset position at the balance sheet date of £757,349 (2024: net current liability £1,937,866) the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company meets their company's day-to-day working capital requirements through their bank facilities. The company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the company should be able to operate within the level of their current facilities. After making enquiries the parent company has indicated its support will continue, therefore the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED · parent
- Holden Media Limited
Significant events
- “On the 11th February 2025, the Company disposed, in full, the fixed asset investment held in subsidiary Company, Holden Media Limited, as the Company has been dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STENNING-WHITE, James | Secretary | 2022-12-15 | — | — |
| HOLM, Carsten | Director | 2005-05-20 | Jun 1962 | Danish |
| MITCHELL, Whitney H | Director | 2018-11-29 | Jul 1984 | American |
| STENNING-WHITE, James Andrew | Director | 2022-12-15 | Mar 1986 | British |
| WIRTH, Theodore Raymond | Director | 2013-06-28 | Apr 1961 | American |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYAM-COOK, David William | Secretary | 2005-05-20 | 2006-09-25 |
| GROSS, Susan | Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2002-04-19 |
| HOLM, Carsten | Secretary | 2006-09-22 | 2016-12-14 |
| PRIEST, Jane | Secretary | 2002-04-25 | 2005-05-20 |
| WARREN, Paul Patrick | Secretary | 2016-12-14 | 2022-12-15 |
| WHITE, Christine Margaret | Secretary | 2001-06-26 | 2001-06-29 |
| BINES, Robin David | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2005-05-27 |
| CLANCY, Paul Gerald | Director | 2002-02-22 | 2014-12-31 |
| GROSSMAN, Neil | Director | 2002-02-22 | 2002-06-10 |
| HASSELBACK, Nancy | Director | 2002-02-22 | 2013-06-28 |
| LOWELL, David Howard | Director | 2002-02-22 | 2008-12-31 |
| SLOAN, Anne | Director | 2001-06-26 | 2001-06-29 |
| WARREN, Paul Patrick | Director | 2016-12-14 | 2022-12-15 |
| WILLING, Kathryn Dixon | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-11-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Josephine Detmer | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-20 | Ceased 2026-05-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.