DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LTD.
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Cash
£19m
-11.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£42m
+56.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
169
+3.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£20m
+26.4% highest 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 | £72,460,556 | £84,592,011 | £101,349,756 | +19.8% | |
| Operating profit | £11,194,351 | £15,241,333 | £19,660,514 | +29% | |
| Profit before tax | £11,381,276 | £16,116,748 | £20,367,608 | +26.4% | |
| Net profit | £8,536,734 | £11,779,519 | £15,157,528 | +28.7% | |
| Cash | £19,697,317 | £21,653,567 | £19,156,631 | -11.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,869,809 | £27,605,173 | £43,099,201 | +56.1% | |
| Net assets | £25,918,154 | £26,697,673 | £41,855,201 | +56.8% | |
| Equity | £25,918,154 | £26,697,673 | £41,855,201 | +56.8% | |
| Average employees | 166 | 163 | 169 | +3.7% | |
| Wages | £22,099,347 | £24,182,148 | £25,939,758 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,666,972 | £4,690,746 | £6,303,498 | +34.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £80,000 | £90,000 | £91,000 | +1.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,478,565 | £1,902,926 | £2,732,821 | +43.6% |
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 | 15.4% | 18.0% | 19.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 13.9% | 15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.7% | 55.2% | 45.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.5% | 54.8% | 48.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.79x | 2.10x |
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
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LTD. 1991-11-14 → present
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LONDON LIMITED 1991-01-30 → 1991-11-14
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISERS LIMITED 1990-12-19 → 1991-01-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group's forecasts and projections, taking account of a severe but plausible change in trading performance, show that the group should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWELL, Catherine Lee | Secretary | 2001-05-21 | — | American |
| BOYD, John Daniel | Director | 2022-03-25 | Feb 1978 | British |
| LACAZE, Nathan Robert | Director | 2015-06-03 | Jan 1981 | Australian,Italian |
| PARRY, Victoria Alice | Director | 2019-09-30 | May 1965 | British |
| ROMIZA, John S | Director | 2014-03-27 | Feb 1973 | American |
| SURRIDGE, John Bernard | Director | 2022-02-04 | Feb 1978 | New Zealander |
| WOOD, Peter Anthony Mark | Director | 2019-09-30 | Jan 1959 | Irish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST, Margaret | Secretary | 1993-06-14 | 2001-05-21 |
| FERRIS, Deborah Joanne | Secretary | — | 1993-08-13 |
| BARLOW, Arthur Howard Faris | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2018-07-01 |
| BOOTH, David Gilbert | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2017-07-23 |
| BOOTH, David Gilbert | Director | — | 2001-05-14 |
| BUTLER, David Paul | Director | 2017-08-03 | 2021-12-31 |
| CAIN, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2013-09-05 |
| CLARK, Stephen | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2021-12-31 |
| KEATING, Patrick Michael | Director | 2012-04-04 | 2015-02-27 |
| MARTIN, David Robert | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2016-03-31 |
| NASH, Philip Russell | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2008-05-27 |
| NEWELL, Catherine Lee | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2021-12-31 |
| O'REILLY, Gerard Kieran | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| QUIGLEY, Garrett | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2010-06-02 |
| REPETTO, Eduardo | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2017-09-25 |
| SALISBURY, David Murray | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| SCARDINA, Michael Thomas | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2007-04-17 |
| SICILIANO, John Carmine | Director | 2001-05-11 | 2005-01-27 |
| SINQUEFIELD, Rex Andrew | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| SINQUEFIELD, Rex Andrew | Director | — | 1991-10-11 |
| WHEELER, Daniel Mark | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2010-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Rex Andrew Sinquefield | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Gilbert Booth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-02-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.