DALE SYNDICATE SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+755.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£168k
-283% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
125
+19% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£70k
-156% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £21,554,733 | £33,637,783 | £46,105,936 | +37.1% | |
| Operating profit | £31,674 | £125,128 | -£70,052 | -156% | |
| Profit before tax | £31,674 | £125,128 | -£70,052 | -156% | |
| Net profit | -£25,436 | £37,005 | -£260,135 | -803% | |
| Cash | £124,961 | £190,179 | £1,627,823 | +755.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,232 | £1,516,176 | £2,011,459 | +32.7% | |
| Net assets | -£34,186 | £91,913 | -£168,222 | -283% | |
| Equity | -£34,186 | £91,913 | -£168,222 | -283% | |
| Average employees | 86 | 105 | 125 | +19% | |
| Wages | £12,395,864 | £19,052,393 | £24,814,066 | +30.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,033,076 | £2,170,098 | £3,450,155 | +59% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £44,001 | £26,633 | £24,241 | -9% | |
| Highest paid director | £892,353 | £964,491 | £1,931,973 | +100.3% |
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 | 0.1% | 0.4% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 0.1% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.8% | 8.3% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.8% | 98.8% | 101.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.19x | 1.14x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for at least twelve months from the date on which the Board approved the 2025 financial statements... Accordingly, the Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DALE SYNDICATE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Dale CM No 2 Limited 100%
- Dale CM No 3 Limited 100%
- Dale CM No 5 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “With effect from 1 January 2026, DMAL also commenced managing the business of SPA 1954, a new Lloyd's SPA set up, in partnership with K2 Group Holdings Limited ("K2") to write business for the 2026 year of account onwards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGE, Ian Joseph | Director | 2014-09-27 | Jul 1974 | British |
| DALE, Duncan Henderson | Director | 2013-09-26 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Carol Angela | Director | 2023-04-27 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOW, Charmaine | Secretary | 2021-03-11 | 2024-09-30 |
| ASTA MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2014-06-26 | 2021-03-11 |
| BOGUSKI, Michael Leonard, Mr. | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2022-09-30 |
| FRIEDMAN, Howard Harley | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2019-09-20 |
| PARSONS, Richard Mark | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2023-12-15 |
| PETERS, Dominic George | Director | 2023-04-27 | 2024-06-07 |
| RAND JR, Edward Lewis | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2022-09-30 |
| SHARP, Christopher Peter | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2021-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Partners Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.