DNV BUSINESS ASSURANCE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+273.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.6m
-8.2% vs 2024
Employees
60
+11.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£665k
+28.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £10,708,531 | £11,137,516 | £12,206,749 | +9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £434,318 | £236,987 | £326,659 | +37.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £591,635 | £518,142 | £664,684 | +28.3% | |
| Net profit | £446,802 | £383,684 | £493,621 | +28.7% | |
| Cash | £708,306 | £386,197 | £1,443,680 | +273.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,523,282 | £6,064,466 | £5,565,587 | -8.2% | |
| Equity | £5,523,282 | £6,064,466 | £5,565,587 | -8.2% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 54 | 60 | +11.1% | |
| Wages | £3,482,639 | £3,883,414 | £4,513,035 | +16.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £122,311 | £133,393 | £148,877 | +11.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,834 | £11,136 | £13,164 | +18.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £101,017 | £123,436 | £126,400 | +2.4% |
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 | 4.1% | 2.1% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 3.4% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.8% | 16.8% | 28.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.66x | 3.92x | 2.72x | |
| Interest cover | 42.70x | 21.37x | 1.36x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- DNV BUSINESS ASSURANCE UK LIMITED 2021-05-07 → present
- DNV GL BUSINESS ASSURANCE UK LIMITED 2014-07-07 → 2021-05-07
- DNV CERTIFICATION LIMITED 2000-12-05 → 2014-07-07
- DET NORSKE VERITAS QUALITY ASSURANCE LIMITED 1987-10-01 → 2000-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There have been no material events since the balance sheet date which would require disclosure or adjustment in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TILSON, Aaron | Director | 2024-07-23 | Aug 1965 | British |
| WILSON, Andrew James | Director | 2022-03-31 | Dec 1982 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLTON, Kelvin George Alfred | Secretary | 1993-11-18 | 2000-07-21 |
| GRAY, Antony Melville | Secretary | 2000-07-21 | 2002-06-20 |
| HARDWICK, Ewa Teresa | Secretary | 2008-12-19 | 2009-09-16 |
| REES, Bruce Pritchard | Secretary | — | 1993-11-18 |
| SHARMA, Anil | Secretary | 2009-09-16 | 2010-03-26 |
| STOUT, Michael Richard | Secretary | 2002-06-20 | 2008-12-04 |
| TILSON, Aaron | Secretary | 2010-03-26 | 2016-02-02 |
| BACKELIN, Rolf Tommy | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2010-12-16 |
| BERLIN, Massimo | Director | 2018-05-29 | 2019-06-25 |
| BROWN, Donald | Director | — | 1994-05-19 |
| BURKE, Rex | Director | — | 1995-12-13 |
| CALDER, Alan Philip | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2002-06-20 |
| CAMPBELL, Paul Stewart | Director | 2002-08-27 | 2003-06-10 |
| CULLEN, Michael Terence | Director | 1993-11-18 | 2002-06-20 |
| DARBY, John Alan | Director | 1998-03-20 | 2002-06-20 |
| FERNANDEZ, Mervyn Cajetan | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2022-02-11 |
| FORRESTER, Michael Herbert | Director | 1994-05-19 | 2002-06-20 |
| GRAY, Antony Melville | Director | 2002-06-20 | 2005-02-04 |
| HARRIS, Richard Peter | Director | — | 1993-05-16 |
| HOSKEN, Brett Neil | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| LIGHT, Iain Michael | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2002-01-25 |
| LOVAAS, Jahn Henry | Director | 2013-02-15 | 2018-05-29 |
| MILNE, Douglas Davidson | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2016-04-27 |
| MOWATT, George Alexander | Director | — | 1996-06-05 |
| PAPE, Eric Douglas, Dr | Director | — | 1995-02-14 |
| RESNICK, Maurice | Director | — | 1993-10-13 |
| RODHOLM, Peter | Director | 1995-02-15 | 2000-10-25 |
| SALMON, David | Director | 2011-08-25 | 2017-06-28 |
| SMALL, Brian William | Director | — | 1992-05-12 |
| SMERDON, Jason Cosmo | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2018-01-12 |
| STEBBINGS, Robert Thomas | Director | 2022-02-11 | 2024-07-23 |
| STOLK, Richard, Dr | Director | 2005-02-04 | 2007-07-02 |
| STOUT, Michael Richard | Director | 2003-06-10 | 2008-12-04 |
| SUTCLIFFE, David Kay | Director | 2013-02-15 | 2016-04-27 |
| SUTCLIFFE, David Kay | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2011-08-25 |
| SUTCLIFFE, David Kay | Director | 2002-01-25 | 2002-08-27 |
| TUPPER, Stephen Charles Preiswerk | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2002-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnv Business Assurance Group As | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-09-03 | Active |
| Mr Mervyn Cajetan Fernandez | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-24 | Ceased 2022-02-11 |
| Mr Pradeep Vamadevan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-03 |
| Mr Thomas Vogth-Eriksen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-01 |
| Mr Jason Cosmo Smerdon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.