THE DERIVATIVES SERVICE BUREAU (DSB) LIMITED
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Cash
£18M
EUR 20,916,597
+36.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.9M
EUR 10,343,551
+24.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8.6M
EUR 10,049,132
+102.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £12,663,329 | £20,275,793 | £25,214,676 | +24.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£522,357 | £4,254,591 | £8,464,577 | +99% | |
| Profit before tax | -£535,578 | £4,254,591 | £8,614,772 | +102.5% | |
| Net profit | -£535,578 | £3,691,973 | £6,587,509 | +78.4% | |
| Cash | £8,134,225 | £13,146,756 | £17,931,073 | +36.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,419,233 | £7,111,206 | £8,867,168 | +24.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,419,233 | £7,111,206 | £8,867,168 | +24.7% | |
| Equity | £3,419,233 | £7,111,206 | £8,867,168 | +24.7% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £132,932 | £151,365 | £146,222 | -3.4% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.857 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | -4.1% | 21.0% | 33.6% | |
| Net margin | -4.2% | 18.2% | 26.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.3% | 59.8% | 95.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 79.5% | 78.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.26x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | -39.50x | — | — |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “2025 was another full year of activity for the DSB. Users continued to contribute directly into the service evolution via both an annual consultation process and through industry representation groups — the Product Committee, Technology Advisory Committee and the Governance Advisory Committee.”
- “The DSB has three revenue streams from the OTC ISIN cost recovery service, UPI cost recovery service and Ancillary Services. The OTC ISIN revenue closed 8% above the original target and UPI revenue closed 10% above the original target.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONEGGER, Marc | Director | 2017-04-12 | Sep 1967 | Swiss |
| KALLIOMAKI, Emma Louise | Director | 2017-03-14 | Nov 1977 | British |
| KUHNEL, Paul Daniel | Director | 2024-05-29 | Jun 1965 | Canadian |
| PALMER, Carike | Director | 2021-04-02 | Dec 1979 | South African |
| PREISS, Scott Jay | Director | 2017-04-12 | Jan 1962 | American |
| RIBÓ SÖRENSEN, Cristina | Director | 2023-09-28 | Feb 1967 | Spanish |
| RUBIO MEJIA, Alexandro | Director | 2025-07-28 | Feb 1973 | Mexican |
| SCHORN, Axel | Director | 2023-07-27 | Feb 1975 | German |
| STANLEY, Laura Danielle | Director | 2020-04-02 | Oct 1986 | British |
| ULRICH, Torsten | Director | 2017-04-12 | Oct 1970 | German |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDELBARY, Tarek Ezzat Mohamed | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2021-02-22 |
| BERNARD, Stephane Albert | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2019-03-20 |
| GONZALEZ, Manuel Feito | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2024-05-29 |
| GONZALEZ, Zazil Aurora Miranda | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2021-06-30 |
| KARG, Hanna Rivas | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2025-05-22 |
| KUHNEL, Paul Daniel | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2023-07-27 |
| MEYER, Uwe | Director | 2016-12-29 | 2023-09-28 |
| SUTTON, Sojourner Truth | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2020-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association Of National Numbering Agencies | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-12-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.