DALAU LIMITED
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Cash
£825K
+188% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.2M
-3.9% vs 2024
Employees
112
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£961K
-2,258% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,621,981 | £13,677,576 | -6.5% | |
| Operating profit | £114,269 | -£898,714 | -886.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £44,539 | -£961,134 | -2,258% | |
| Net profit | -£79,527 | -£605,930 | -661.9% | |
| Cash | £286,538 | £825,178 | +188% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,376,339 | £8,648,145 | -7.8% | |
| Net assets | £7,530,512 | £7,238,919 | -3.9% | |
| Equity | £7,530,512 | £7,238,919 | -3.9% | |
| Average employees | 120 | 112 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £4,825,717 | £4,281,068 | -11.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £336,480 | £315,421 | -6.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | -6.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.2% | -10.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.30x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | 1.48x | -11.80x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- DALAU LIMITED · parent
- Dalau Incorporated 100%
Significant events
- “The past year has been proven to be a very difficult one. Whilst we have seen a continued demand for high purity products in all fluoropolymers our turnover has reduced. We have also seen a marked increase in wages and associated costs.”
- “Despite the difficult situation we continued to invest in new capital equipment resulting in savings in downtime and plant maintenance costs.”
- “The prospects are good as raw material costs are coming down. Following the US elections our US customers are seeing an increase of business for 2026.”
- “Investment will continue through 2025 to 2026 on state of the art high performance machining centres to increase our capabilities and ensure that we are able to exceed our customer's expectations.”
- “As a result of our investigations we have embarked on a companywide cost cutting exercise which will reflect in the 2026 accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE, David Joseph | Secretary | 2016-02-29 | — | — |
| SAGE, David Joseph | Director | — | Aug 1956 | British |
| SAGE, Malcolm Lewis | Director | 2025-02-06 | Mar 1984 | British |
| SAGE, Mark Lawrence | Director | 2013-08-28 | May 1955 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAGGS, Graham Stephen | Secretary | 1992-04-01 | 2016-02-29 |
| SAGE, David Frank | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| BUFTON, Deborah Catherine | Director | 1995-02-10 | 2004-01-01 |
| SAGE, David Frank | Director | — | 2025-02-06 |
| SAGE, Jonathan Victor | Director | 2013-08-09 | 2013-09-11 |
| SAGE, Jonathan Victor | Director | — | 2004-01-01 |
| SAGE, Mark Lawrence | Director | — | 2004-01-01 |
| SAGE, Paul Timothy | Director | — | 2004-01-01 |
| SAGE, Valerie Irene | Director | — | 2002-08-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Lawrence Sage | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2019-01-03 |
| Mr David Joseph Sage | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Mark Lawrence Sage | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-04 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.