DBD ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Cash
£717k
+9.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.7m
+16.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
118
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+214.3% 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 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 | £32,440,836 | £31,218,800 | £40,944,838 | +31.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£114,250 | £577,801 | £1,414,864 | +144.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£257,301 | £374,991 | £1,178,783 | +214.3% | |
| Net profit | -£223,790 | £250,471 | £1,144,982 | +357.1% | |
| Cash | £611,295 | £656,366 | £716,788 | +9.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,401,434 | £3,377,139 | £4,020,232 | +19% | |
| Net assets | £3,208,828 | £3,156,234 | £3,678,283 | +16.5% | |
| Equity | £3,208,828 | £3,156,234 | £3,678,283 | +16.5% | |
| Average employees | 131 | 123 | 118 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £5,203,004 | £4,716,333 | £5,418,381 | +14.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £297,980 | £241,230 | — | — |
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 | -0.4% | 1.9% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | 0.8% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.4% | 17.1% | 35.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 68.9% | 69.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.36x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | -1.01x | 2.85x | 5.99x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecasts produced and the financial position of the Group, the directors have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. As such, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DBD ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
- DBD Distribution Limited 100%
- DBD Contracting Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES, Jody Linda Joan | Director | 2025-03-28 | May 1974 | British |
| CROUCH, Christine Sarah | Director | 2022-07-27 | Mar 1976 | British |
| FIRTH-BERNARD, Alexander Andrew | Director | 2022-07-27 | Mar 1991 | British |
| FIRTH-BERNARD, Samuel David | Director | 2011-06-02 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, Neil | Director | 2014-09-11 | 2025-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dbd Employee Ownership Trust Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-03-28 | Active |
| Mr Samuel David Firth-Bernard | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-08 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.