PFEIFER DRAKO LTD
Get an alert when PFEIFER DRAKO LTD files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£107k
-88.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.8m
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
75
+31.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£925k
+24.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £19,518,756 | £13,306,961 | £19,784,023 | +48.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,968,816 | £613,174 | £1,252,878 | +104.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,187,450 | £743,067 | £924,851 | +24.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,624,207 | £414,795 | £617,580 | +48.9% | |
| Cash | £221,494 | £911,155 | £107,339 | -88.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,307,227 | £8,003,997 | £8,121,577 | +1.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,113,615 | £7,676,385 | £7,793,965 | +1.5% | |
| Equity | £6,113,615 | £7,676,385 | £7,793,965 | +1.5% | |
| Average employees | 71 | 57 | 75 | +31.6% | |
| Wages | £2,882,116 | £2,551,236 | £3,504,722 | +37.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £98,456 | £109,120 | £101,270 | -7.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £53,766 | £65,174 | £25,845 | -60.3% |
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 | 10.1% | 4.6% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.2% | 7.7% | 15.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.6% | 4.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 2.73x | 2.61x |
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
- PFEIFER DRAKO LTD 1995-05-01 → present
- TREFILEUROPE ROPES LTD 1992-10-01 → 1995-05-01
- TREFILARBED ROPES LIMITED 1980-09-04 → 1992-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WP Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PFEIFER DRAKO LTD · parent
- Pfeifer Rope and Tackle Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Pfeifer Rope and Tackle Limited's trade and assets comprising a balance sheet net asset value of £1,411,267 at cessation was hived up into Pfeifer Drako Limited on 1 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUTTON JONES, Sandra Mary | Secretary | 2005-09-02 | — | British |
| POLEC, Daniel Michael | Director | 2018-03-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGHLAN, Bryan John | Secretary | — | 2005-09-02 |
| BALDWIN, Maurice James | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| COGHLAN, Bryan John | Director | — | 2005-09-02 |
| GOETZE, Heribert | Director | — | 2004-11-30 |
| KAISER, Wilhelm | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2009-09-22 |
| KOTZSCHMAR, Christian | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2008-07-31 |
| MORRISON, Alexander | Director | 1994-11-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| PFEIFER, Eduard Hermann Gehard | Director | 1995-05-19 | 2024-07-10 |
| WAIBEL, Andreas | Director | 2024-12-06 | 2025-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Daniel Michael Polec | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Alexander Morrison | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.