DANA UK DRIVESHAFT LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4.6m
-45% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
62
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-19.6% lowest 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 | £24,428,000 | £21,345,000 | £21,633,000 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,584,000 | £1,704,000 | £1,407,000 | -17.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,731,000 | £2,073,000 | £1,667,000 | -19.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,319,000 | £1,556,000 | £1,253,000 | -19.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,827,000 | £8,429,000 | £4,819,000 | -42.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,762,000 | £8,318,000 | £4,571,000 | -45% | |
| Equity | £6,762,000 | £8,318,000 | £4,571,000 | -45% | |
| Average employees | 59 | 62 | 62 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,881,000 | £1,855,000 | £1,621,000 | -12.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £120,000 | £145,000 | £135,000 | -6.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,000 | £9,000 | £9,000 | 0% |
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 | 6.5% | 8.0% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 7.3% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.2% | 20.2% | 29.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.4% | 26.3% | 46.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.77x | 3.61x | 2.00x |
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
- DANA UK DRIVESHAFT LIMITED 2007-02-08 → present
- DANA SPICER EUROPE (DRIVESHAFTS) LIMITED 2007-02-07 → 2007-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and hence the directors believe that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate.”
Group structure
- DANA UK DRIVESHAFT LIMITED · parent
- Dana SAC UK Limited 3%
- Brevini Espana SA 12%
Significant events
- “Since the end of the financial year 2025, Dana UK Driveshaft Ltd share capital was transferred to Vantage Power Limited which is a subsidiary owned by Allison Transmission, Inc. in United Kingdom on the 1st of January 2026.”
- “On 11 June 2025, Dana Incorporated announced its intention to divest its Off-Highway business unit, which includes Dana UK Driveshaft Ltd. As part of this divestment, Dana Incorporated entered into an agreement to sell the Off-Highway business to Allison Transmission, Inc.”
- “The transaction was completed on 1 January 2026, when the share capital of Dana UK Driveshaft Ltd was transferred to Vantage Power Limited, a subsidiary of Allison Transmission, Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Ross Nicholas | Secretary | 2022-03-12 | — | — |
| BROWN, Ross Nicholas | Director | 2020-09-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| KING, Marcus David | Director | 2022-07-01 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Jeffrey | Secretary | 2007-02-07 | 2007-02-19 |
| KEAST, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-12 |
| MAIDMENT, Michael Edwin Walter | Secretary | 2007-02-19 | 2015-05-11 |
| PEACOCK, Kerry | Secretary | 2015-05-11 | 2021-03-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-02-07 | 2007-02-07 |
| AGHILI, Aziz Seyed | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2011-03-16 |
| BAEUML, Roswitha Katharina | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2016-01-05 |
| BIRK, Arjan Singh | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2013-07-22 |
| BURMAN, Paul William John | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2022-07-01 |
| CIRULIS, Peter John | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2012-10-01 |
| CLARKE, Jeffrey | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2011-03-16 |
| JOHNSON, Ernest | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2009-10-14 |
| KEAST, Nick James | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-12 |
| MAIDMENT, Michael Edwin Walter | Director | 2009-10-14 | 2015-08-27 |
| PEACOCK, Kerry | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2021-03-31 |
| PLADEAU, Gilles Yves | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2020-09-01 |
| TAKACS, Erno | Director | 2016-01-05 | 2018-02-01 |
| WALD, Juergen | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2020-07-07 |
| WALD, Martin Johannes Klaus | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2012-06-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-02-07 | 2007-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Power Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-01-01 | Active |
| Dana Uk Automotive Systems Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-01 |
| Dana Incorporated | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-26 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-09-26 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.