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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

1 item

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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 297303
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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 6.7%5.2%
Net margin 4.4%3.4%
Return on capital employed 6.8%5.2%
Current ratio 1.75x4.82x
Interest cover 5.42x4.20x

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

  1. A D BURS LIMITED 2010-12-15 → present
  2. DARBY GROUP U.K. LIMITED 2010-10-05 → 2010-12-15
  3. 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

  1. A D BURS LIMITED · parent
    1. Prima Healthcare Group Limited 60.1% · UK
    2. Prima Dental India Private Limited 60.09% · India
    3. SS White Manufacturing Limited 60.1% · UK
    4. Angelus Prima Dental LTDA 29.99% · Brazil
    5. Wave Dental Limited 30.05% · Hong Kong
    6. Ningbo Wave Medical Device Co., Ltd 30.05% · China
    7. Wave Dental PTE.LTD 30.05% · Singapore

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-07-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-02-07 RP04TM01 officers Second filing of director termination with name
2025-01-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
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

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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