DKSH GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
-25% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.9m
-4.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
15
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£51k
+82.1% vs 2024
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 | £16,978,776 | £13,750,672 | £16,453,940 | +19.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,055,304 | -£179,916 | £319,470 | +277.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £875,939 | -£284,298 | -£50,771 | +82.1% | |
| Net profit | £668,886 | -£214,246 | -£148,371 | +30.7% | |
| Cash | £1,913,178 | £1,567,344 | £1,174,989 | -25% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,261,344 | £3,105,218 | £3,538,964 | +14% | |
| Net assets | £3,261,344 | £3,047,098 | £2,898,727 | -4.9% | |
| Equity | £3,261,344 | £3,047,098 | £2,898,727 | -4.9% | |
| Average employees | 16 | 16 | 15 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £899,075 | £1,151,179 | £1,099,878 | -4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £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 | 6.2% | -1.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | -1.6% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.4% | -5.8% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.7% | 64.8% | 85.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.51x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 5.88x | -1.72x | 0.86x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DKSH GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED 2004-07-21 → present
- SIBER HEGNER LIMITED 1984-07-02 → 2004-07-21
- L.J.RICKARDS & COMPANY LIMITED 1934-05-02 → 1984-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis as they have also received assurance in the form of a letter of support from the ultimate parent company, DKSH Holding Limited, that it will continue to provide financial support for at least 12 months”
Group structure
- DKSH GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED · parent
- Aston Chemicals Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On August 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Aston Chemicals Ltd, a company incorporated and domiciled in the United Kingdom.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROEMLING, John-Henrik Michael | Director | 2015-03-01 | Jan 1969 | German |
| SUL, Thomas Hermanus Desire | Director | 2012-05-11 | Feb 1965 | Dutch |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Richard Vernon | Secretary | — | 1998-02-06 |
| DOYLE, Collette Esther | Secretary | 2007-09-03 | 2012-05-11 |
| ILLI, Thomas | Secretary | 1998-02-06 | 1999-09-30 |
| RING, Stephen Redmond Charles | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2007-08-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-05-11 | 2016-04-01 |
| BULL, Garry | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-06-23 |
| CASPANI, Marco | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2012-05-11 |
| COOPER, Richard Vernon | Director | — | 1998-02-06 |
| FREI, Ulrich Joseph | Director | 1999-02-26 | 2000-06-19 |
| HEUER, Sebastian Christian, Dr | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2015-02-28 |
| HOLMES, James Radcliffe | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| ILLI, Thomas | Director | 1998-02-06 | 1999-02-26 |
| ISBESTER, Peter | Director | — | 1992-12-21 |
| LYNAGH, Peter Joseph | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2009-01-02 |
| MCGREGOR, Ronald John | Director | 1993-04-07 | 2000-09-30 |
| ROEMLING, John-Henrick Michael | Director | 2009-01-02 | 2010-07-19 |
| STRAUGHAN, Ross Edward | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2015-07-31 |
| TSERING, Gonpo | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2013-05-17 |
| WELTI, Bruno | Director | — | 1999-01-20 |
| WOLLE, Joerg Wolfgang | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2012-05-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dksh Holdings Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.