A D BURS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+177.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
+2.8% vs 2023
Employees
303
+2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-12.2% vs 2023
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
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,983,872 | £44,806,354 | |
| Operating profit | £2,527,839 | £2,349,238 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,227,136 | £1,955,291 | |
| Net profit | £1,674,341 | £1,507,629 | |
| Cash | £3,294,118 | £9,137,323 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,239,718 | £45,547,650 | |
| Net assets | £32,898,722 | £33,830,830 | |
| Equity | £32,898,722 | £33,830,830 | |
| Average employees | 297 | 303 | |
| Wages | £11,132,572 | £12,868,986 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £246,536 | £522,510 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+18%
£37,983,872 £44,806,354
-
Cash
+177.4%
£3,294,118 £9,137,323
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Net assets
+2.8%
£32,898,722 £33,830,830
-
Employees
+2%
297 303
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Operating profit
-7.1%
£2,527,839 £2,349,238
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Profit before tax
-12.2%
£2,227,136 £1,955,291
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Wages
+15.6%
£11,132,572 £12,868,986
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 4.82x | |
| Interest cover | 5.42x | 4.20x |
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
- A D BURS LIMITED 2010-12-15 → present
- DARBY GROUP U.K. LIMITED 2010-10-05 → 2010-12-15
- DARBY GROUP U.K. 1995-05-16 → 2010-10-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company and group therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- A D BURS LIMITED · parent
- Prima Healthcare Group Limited 60.1%
- Prima Dental India Private Limited 60.09%
- SS White Manufacturing Limited 60.1%
- Angelus Prima Dental LTDA 29.99%
- Wave Dental Limited 30.05%
- Ningbo Wave Medical Device Co., Ltd 30.05%
- Wave Dental PTE.LTD 30.05%
Significant events
- “On 15 January 2025, the group completed on the acquisition of new properties for consideration of £3.2 million.”
- “On 14 May 2025, share-based payments, as detailed in note 23 of these financial statements, were settled for £1.3 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON CLARK (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-06-20 | — | — |
| CAPUTO, Michael William | Director | 2007-08-30 | Nov 1947 | American |
| GORDON, Justina | Director | 2024-12-19 | Aug 1956 | American |
| KAHN, Laura | Director | 2023-08-08 | Aug 1967 | American |
| MASSINO, Frank | Director | 2024-12-19 | Jul 1966 | American |
| ZUMBO, Craig | Director | 2024-12-19 | Oct 1978 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHULA, Mohamed Hanif | Secretary | 1999-07-09 | 2005-05-27 |
| CAPUTO, Michael William | Secretary | 1995-05-16 | 1995-06-06 |
| FISHER, Simon Charles | Secretary | 1995-06-05 | 1997-10-15 |
| JOHN, Annette | Secretary | 2005-05-27 | 2018-06-20 |
| ROBERTS, David | Secretary | 1997-10-15 | 1999-07-09 |
| ASHKIN, Carl | Director | 1995-05-16 | 2024-12-19 |
| ASHKIN, Michael | Director | 1995-05-16 | 1995-06-06 |
| JONES, John Alun | Director | 2023-08-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| MULLER, Richard Oscar | Director | 2010-12-09 | 2023-07-19 |
| ROSENBERG, Gary Andrew | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2007-08-30 |
| SALMON, Mark John Vernon | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2000-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Ashkin | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Francis Massino | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Joel Salon | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Mrs Laura Kahn | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Michael Caputo | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Michael Ashkin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-07 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- 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.