DESIRA HOLDINGS PLC
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Cash
£678k
+38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
212
-3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+69.8% 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 | £68,153,183 | £79,489,443 | £93,482,153 | +17.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,014,422 | £903,306 | £1,459,963 | +61.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £928,001 | £790,595 | £1,342,121 | +69.8% | |
| Net profit | £671,684 | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £708,684 | £490,901 | £678,429 | +38.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,098,123 | £14,161,050 | £15,000,382 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £12,219,135 | £12,508,378 | £12,938,475 | +3.4% | |
| Equity | £12,219,135 | £12,508,378 | £12,938,475 | +3.4% | |
| Average employees | 169 | 219 | 212 | -3.2% | |
| Wages | £4,866,946 | £6,196,124 | £6,181,824 | -0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £471,848 | £506,640 | £495,104 | -2.3% |
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 | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 6.4% | 9.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.15x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 9.19x | 6.88x | 12.39x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, they therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DESIRA HOLDINGS PLC · parent
- Desira Group Plc 90%
- Desira Norfolk Limited 90%
- Keyroute Limited 90%
- Simpsons Garage (Gt Yarmouth) Limited 90%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANT, Michelle Suzanne | Secretary | 2009-02-01 | — | British |
| DESIRA, John Paul | Director | 2002-10-04 | Jul 1948 | British |
| DESIRA, Paul Andrew James | Director | 2008-06-05 | Jan 1983 | British |
| DESIRA, Susan Margaret | Director | 2007-11-27 | May 1949 | British |
| GANT, Michelle Suzanne | Director | 2009-03-11 | Jun 1974 | British |
| GARVEY, Charlotte Marie | Director | 2008-06-05 | Feb 1978 | British |
| STONE, Stuart Peter | Director | 2009-12-23 | Nov 1969 | British |
| TAYLOR, Juliette Louise | Director | 2008-06-05 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNDERLAND, Colin Arnold | Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2008-12-02 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2002-10-04 |
| HARDMAN, Andrew George | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2005-07-22 |
| SUNDERLAND, Colin Arnold | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2008-12-02 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-10-04 | 2002-10-04 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-10-04 | 2002-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Paul Desira | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-03-24 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-03-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.