DGS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£2.7M
+91.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+0.2% vs 2024
Employees
100
-5.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£35K
+18.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,445,913 | £27,910,979 | -5.2% | |
| Operating profit | £16,096 | -£47,670 | -396.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £29,896 | £35,409 | +18.4% | |
| Net profit | £65,718 | £24,714 | -62.4% | |
| Cash | £1,390,030 | £2,667,038 | +91.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,145,235 | £11,147,915 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £10,976,362 | £11,001,076 | +0.2% | |
| Equity | £10,976,362 | £11,001,076 | +0.2% | |
| Average employees | 106 | 100 | -5.7% | |
| Wages | £3,615,813 | £3,547,725 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,061,285 | £954,074 | -10.1% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | -0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 7.39x | 7.22x |
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
- DGS GROUP PLC 2015-07-14 → present
- DOUBLE GLAZING SUPPLIES GROUP PLC 1988-07-15 → 2015-07-14
- DOUBLE GLAZING SUPPLIES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1979-11-21 → 1988-07-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Essex Abel Ltd
- 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
- “restructure the company, which included the consolidation of the smaller branches into the larger regional hubs to improve the operational efficiencies and customer service. This resulted in the closure of the branch in Exeter in February 2025 and the closure of three further branches in the first quarter of 2026.”
- “the directors took the decision to close the Brentwood, Swansea and Glasgow branches of the company in early 2026, with the customers now being serviced from the company's other branches.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLOCOMBE, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1992-12-04 | — | British |
| AUCOTT, Daniel | Director | 2010-11-08 | Jul 1988 | British |
| AUCOTT, David | Director | — | Dec 1958 | British |
| AUCOTT, Derek | Director | — | Jan 1931 | British |
| AUCOTT, Helen | Director | 2010-07-20 | Jul 1985 | British |
| AUCOTT, Margaret Rose | Director | — | Dec 1932 | British |
| SLOCOMBE, Elizabeth | Director | 2026-03-04 | May 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCOTT, Margaret Rose | Secretary | — | 1992-12-04 |
| AUCOTT, John | Director | — | 2012-12-07 |
| GROOM, John | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| SLOCOMBE, Elizabeth | Director | — | 2026-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barfield Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-01 | Active |
| Mr David Aucott | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-11-16 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Mr Derek Aucott | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.