DIBS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5m
-10.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.1m
+34.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
99
+20.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.3m
+16.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,670,599 | £35,904,377 | £36,680,560 | £42,726,948 | £47,208,078 | +10.5% | |
| Operating profit | £532,512 | £491,438 | £406,782 | £1,934,355 | £2,244,315 | +16% | |
| Profit before tax | £539,657 | £503,994 | £446,492 | £1,984,912 | £2,315,540 | +16.7% | |
| Net profit | £410,989 | £396,718 | £343,764 | £1,495,352 | £1,674,911 | +12% | |
| Cash | £2,023,517 | £1,899,209 | £2,354,831 | £2,846,748 | £2,540,155 | -10.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,040,633 | £2,326,622 | £2,569,896 | £2,351,309 | £3,211,772 | +36.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,676,121 | £2,072,839 | £2,416,603 | £2,316,744 | £3,111,655 | +34.3% | |
| Equity | £1,676,121 | £2,072,839 | £2,416,603 | £2,316,744 | £3,111,655 | +34.3% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 93 | 96 | 82 | 99 | +20.7% | |
| Wages | £3,717,264 | £4,095,337 | £4,255,691 | £3,895,842 | £4,161,995 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,076,335 | £1,173,694 | £1,119,897 | £443,018 | £394,064 | -11.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £205,925 | £6,054 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £99,515 | £101,172 | — | — |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 4.5% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 3.5% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.1% | 21.1% | 15.8% | 82.3% | 69.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.8% | 59.2% | 56.7% | 65.2% | 53.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.81x | 1.51x | — | |
| Interest cover | 60.52x | 32.98x | 21.72x | — | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- DIBS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 1991-04-04 → present
- DIB'S CHICKEN DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1987-11-11 → 1991-04-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “During previous accounting periods the Company has made contributions to a Remuneration Trust. The Trust is a discretionary trust controlled and administered by independent trustees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, Robert Edward | Secretary | 2024-09-01 | — | — |
| PAYNE, David James | Director | 2018-01-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| PAYNE, Jason Barry | Director | 2007-03-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
| PAYNE, Robert Edward | Director | 2015-05-01 | Jul 1980 | British |
| PAYNE, Toby | Director | 2015-06-01 | May 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, Barry Kenneth | Secretary | — | 1994-09-19 |
| PAYNE, Graham John | Secretary | 1994-09-19 | 2024-08-31 |
| OH, Hock Muat | Director | — | 1993-02-12 |
| PAYNE, Barry Kenneth | Director | — | 2018-01-26 |
| PAYNE, Graham John | Director | 1993-02-12 | 2024-08-31 |
| PAYNE, Ian Kenneth | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| PAYNE, Kelly James | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2024-05-29 |
| PAYNE, Lee Jason | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2015-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.