A D BURS LIMITED
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Cash
£8.3m
-9.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£35m
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
293
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
+87.3% 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 Health Care 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 | £37,983,872 | £44,806,354 | £42,783,088 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,527,839 | £2,349,238 | £3,968,392 | +68.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,227,136 | £1,955,291 | £3,661,555 | +87.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,674,341 | £1,507,629 | £2,725,456 | +80.8% | |
| Cash | £3,294,118 | £9,137,323 | £8,272,223 | -9.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,239,718 | £45,547,650 | £45,712,861 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | £32,898,722 | £33,830,830 | £34,944,147 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £32,898,722 | £33,830,830 | £34,944,147 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 297 | 303 | 293 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £11,132,572 | £12,868,986 | £12,717,350 | -1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £246,536 | £535,532 | £381,316 | -28.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £29,263 | £13,022 | £77,306 | +493.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £153,698 | £522,510 | £304,010 | -41.8% |
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 | 6.7% | 5.2% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 3.4% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 5.2% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.4% | 25.7% | 23.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 4.82x | 3.83x | |
| Interest cover | 5.42x | 4.20x | 9.11x |
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
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%
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 (as trust) | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Francis Massino | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Joel Salon | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Mrs Laura Kahn | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Michael Caputo | Individual | Significant influence (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 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.