DWS GROUP SERVICES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£19K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£33M
-5.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
189
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.9M
-58.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £72,595,000 | £64,622,000 | £76,248,000 | +18% | |
| Operating profit | £2,917,000 | £1,837,000 | £2,094,000 | +14% | |
| Profit before tax | £727,000 | -£1,192,000 | -£1,894,000 | -58.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,796,000 | -£910,000 | -£1,853,000 | -103.6% | |
| Cash | £2,476,000 | — | £19,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,939,000 | £75,688,000 | £73,606,000 | -2.8% | |
| Net assets | £35,328,000 | £34,333,000 | £32,529,000 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | £35,328,000 | £34,333,000 | £32,529,000 | -5.3% | |
| Average employees | 198 | 199 | 189 | -5% | |
| Wages | £31,429,000 | £31,354,000 | £28,558,000 | -8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £13,000 | £10,000 | £14,000 | +40% |
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 | 4.0% | 2.8% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | -1.4% | -2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 2.4% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.8% | 72.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.31x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 3.89x | 0.80x | 0.90x |
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
- DWS GROUP SERVICES UK LIMITED 2018-12-21 → present
- DEUTSCHE ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LIMITED 1999-10-04 → 2018-12-21
- MORGAN GRENFELL ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1985-08-28 → 1999-10-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have conducted a detailed assessment of the Company's going concern status based on its current net asset position. This included reviewing the post-year-end balance sheet as well as the latest forecast result and concluded that the Company has adequate resources to operate for at least the next 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- DWS GROUP SERVICES UK LIMITED · parent
- Deutsche Asset Management (Korea) Company Limited 100%
- RREEF European Valued Added I (G.P) Limited 100%
- European Value Added I (Alternate G.P.) LLP 50%
- Leonardo III Initial GP Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 96 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-10-01 | — | — |
| ALEXANDER, Samantha | Director | 2019-04-23 | May 1975 | British |
| LEVY, Andrew | Director | 2018-03-05 | Mar 1978 | British |
| SWAINE, Katharine | Director | 2024-08-29 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 96 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Andrew William | Secretary | 2017-10-24 | 2022-12-14 |
| BARTLETT, Andrew William | Secretary | 2015-08-14 | 2016-02-11 |
| BARTLETT, Andrew William | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2014-05-19 |
| BAYLIS, John | Secretary | 1993-02-18 | 1993-08-31 |
| DYKE, Adrian Brettell | Secretary | 2004-02-10 | 2005-05-13 |
| HOGWOOD, Paul Arthur | Secretary | 1996-10-21 | 2006-09-29 |
| HOGWOOD, Paul Arthur | Secretary | — | 1993-02-18 |
| LINSLEY, Scott | Secretary | 2016-02-11 | 2017-10-24 |
| MCNALTY, Mary Josephine Margaret | Secretary | 2005-05-13 | 2005-09-30 |
| POPE, Mark | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-03-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, Adam Paul | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2015-08-14 |
| THORNHILL, Jane Carol | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 1993-12-01 |
| WHEATLEY, Alan Michael, Dr | Secretary | 1993-12-01 | 1996-10-21 |
| COMPUTERSHARE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-12-14 | 2024-09-30 |
| ANDERSON, James Knowles | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| ARMITAGE, John Christopher | Director | — | 1994-05-06 |
| BALDT, David Westover | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1999-04-21 |
| BAMPING, Graham David | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| BARATTA, Johannes | Director | 1997-12-12 | 1998-09-21 |
| BEHRENWALDT, Udo Wilfried Harmut | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2003-01-14 |
| BENSON, Henry Charles | Director | — | 2002-02-06 |
| BERNARD, Christophe | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2003-02-11 |
| BERRIMAN, Paul Christopher | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2005-12-16 |
| BERRIMAN, Paul Christopher | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| BLACK, Alexander Thomas | Director | 1998-09-07 | 2002-04-26 |
| BOLTON, Mark William | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2016-08-31 |
| BROWN, Colin Michael | Director | 1996-10-21 | 1999-06-21 |
| BROWN, Timothy Frank | Director | 1997-09-22 | 1999-04-01 |
| BRUSH, David Michael | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2007-12-12 |
| BRYAN, Elizabeth Blomfield | Director | 1997-09-22 | 1999-11-10 |
| BULLOCK, Michael | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| BURGESS, Mark Andrew | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| CALVERT, Nicholas Kristian James | Director | 2009-06-29 | 2015-11-06 |
| CHERKI, Pierre | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2011-05-12 |
| COLEMAN, Shaun Anthony | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| COOKE, Simon James | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| CREIGHTON, Antony John | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1999-06-21 |
| CUMING, Alastair Nicholas | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2004-11-03 |
| CUMMING, David Thorburn | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1998-07-06 |
| CUNDALL, Richard John | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
| CURLING, Richard Michael | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| CURTIS, Charles Zachary | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| CURTIS, Roger John | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Susanna Frances | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| DERMAUX, Yves | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2018-06-30 |
| DISNEY, Patrick William Wynn | Director | — | 1999-04-01 |
| DOBSON, Michael William Romsey | Director | — | 1999-11-18 |
| DRAYSS, Ernst Ludwig | Director | 1995-09-28 | 2000-05-03 |
| DUNFORD, Neil Roy | Director | — | 2002-06-30 |
| DWERRYHOUSE, William Peter | Director | — | 1999-03-25 |
| EVANS, Nicholas Philip | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| FISHER, Gregory Charles | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-05-10 |
| FOX, James George | Director | — | 1999-04-01 |
| FRAHER, Gilbert Anthony Edmund | Director | — | 1992-11-24 |
| FRANKLIN, Charles James Maximilan | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| FREEDMAN, Mark Edward | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2014-05-16 |
| FROST, Adrian Charles | Director | — | 1999-04-01 |
| GOULDING, James Charles Whittaker | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-04-26 |
| HALL, Martin Alexander | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1998-03-17 |
| HARRISON, Peter | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2005-07-01 |
| HAYSEY, David John | Director | 1998-03-20 | 1999-04-01 |
| HAYTER, Gareth David | Director | 2006-03-15 | 2009-06-26 |
| HEAPE, David Jonathan | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| HINDLE FISHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2003-06-11 | 2005-09-30 |
| HOGAN, Ivor Leonard | Director | 2014-11-19 | 2016-06-30 |
| HORLICK, Nicola Karina Christina | Director | — | 1997-01-16 |
| HOUGH, Gerald Valentine | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| HUGHES, William | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2007-09-28 |
| ILOTT, Stephen Raymond | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2005-02-01 |
| JENKINS, Neil Patrick | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| JOHNS, Sarah Mei-Yun | Director | 2018-07-18 | 2019-04-23 |
| JOHNSTON, Julian Ross | Director | — | 1998-11-30 |
| JONES, Kevin David | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2011-01-04 |
| JONES, Neil Griffith | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2002-07-15 |
| KANE, Graham Richard | Director | 1993-02-18 | 1996-10-28 |
| KEEN, David Dorian Oliver | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2010-09-13 |
| KELSON, Ian Donald | Director | — | 1999-11-18 |
| KEMPTON, Simon Douglas | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2006-03-09 |
| KERN, Robert Edward | Director | — | 1997-04-29 |
| KRAMER, Daniel | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2004-12-08 |
| LAMB, Richard Llewelyn | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1997-06-03 |
| LEES, Peter Richard | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| LODWICK, Jeremy Goulding | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-04-29 |
| LUND, Marina | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2005-09-30 |
| MACKENZIE, Hamish Macphail Massie | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2018-03-05 |
| MANDUCA, Paul Victor Sant | Director | 2003-01-14 | 2004-12-08 |
| MARRIS, Ian Colquhoun | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| MARTYN-HEMPHILL, Charles Andrew, The Hon | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1999-04-09 |
| MCCARTHY, John Benedict | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2013-01-18 |
| MCCARTHY, John Benedict | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2007-12-12 |
| MCNAUGHTON, Paul Peter | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2000-04-12 |
| MEYRICK, Michael James | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| MICHEL, Herbert Karl | Director | 1995-09-28 | 2000-04-13 |
| MICHIE, William Guthrie Mcgregor | Director | 1997-05-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| MINNICK, James Edward | Director | — | 1999-06-01 |
| MINTER, Christopher John | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2013-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-20 | Active |
| Db Uk Pcam Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 420 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-29 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-12 | 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
- 0
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last 24 months
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