DERRICK SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£174K
+21.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.3M
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
26
-3.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£319K
+19.4% vs 2024
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 Industrials 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 | £8,258,278 | £6,331,441 | £6,682,616 | +5.5% | |
| Operating profit | £891,648 | £177,890 | £240,717 | +35.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £851,097 | £267,283 | £319,045 | +19.4% | |
| Net profit | £828,783 | £334,932 | £209,963 | -37.3% | |
| Cash | £133,843 | £142,621 | £173,845 | +21.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,387,802 | £3,611,697 | £3,793,643 | +5% | |
| Net assets | £2,741,891 | £3,092,876 | £3,302,839 | +6.8% | |
| Equity | £2,741,891 | £3,092,876 | £3,302,839 | +6.8% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 27 | 26 | -3.7% | |
| Wages | £1,073,035 | £1,205,764 | £1,083,563 | -10.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £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 | 10.8% | 2.8% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 5.3% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.3% | 4.9% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 49.9% | 48.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.98x | 2.17x | 2.25x | |
| Interest cover | 22.36x | 3.93x | 3.93x |
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
- DERRICK SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 2007-12-21 → present
- DERRICK STRUCTURES LIMITED 2007-12-06 → 2007-12-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- DERRICK SERVICES (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Derrick Services India Pvt Ltd
Significant events
- “The investment in Derrick Services India Pvt Ltd was disposed of on 20 March 2025 when the subsidiary was deregistered.”
- “The company had a non-trading subsidiary which was formally dissolved during the period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJENDOU, Abdou | Director | 2021-06-03 | Jan 1975 | Algerian |
| YOUSUF, Nauman | Director | 2021-06-03 | May 1983 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHTS, John Ivan | Secretary | 2008-04-14 | 2016-08-08 |
| SMITH, Karen Claire | Secretary | 2007-12-06 | 2008-04-14 |
| CHANDLER, Mark | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-01-29 |
| CHANDLER, Mark | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2016-08-08 |
| HUGGINS, Nicholas John | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2021-06-03 |
| JAIN, Amit | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2020-06-30 |
| KNIGHTS, John Ivan | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-07-29 |
| KNIGHTS, John Ivan | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2016-08-08 |
| KUMAR, Abhishek | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2021-06-03 |
| PRENDERGAST, Mark Thomas Michael | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-04-24 |
| SMITH, Michael Patrick | Director | 2007-12-06 | 2018-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joulon Me Acquisition Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-07-08 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-31 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-02 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.