DRD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-30 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£10M
highest in 5 filed years
Employees
155
highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £5,993,184 | £7,874,900 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,863,374 | £3,045,386 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £2,060,788 | £3,370,174 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,540,644 | £2,523,908 | |
| Cash | £2,565,149 | £3,873,409 | £5,018,912 | — | £7,826,940 | £9,120,575 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,951,130 | £6,871,477 | £8,242,502 | — | £8,390,212 | £10,215,028 | |
| Net assets | £5,240,441 | £6,464,554 | £7,795,353 | — | £8,390,212 | £10,211,365 | |
| Equity | £5,240,441 | £6,464,554 | £7,795,353 | £6,921,125 | £8,390,212 | £10,211,365 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 20 | 19 | — | 150 | 155 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,358,505 | £1,826,439 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £1,972 | £79,627 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 31.1% | 38.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 25.7% | 32.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 22.2% | 29.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.12x | 9.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 718.34x | 134.04x |
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
- DRD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2005-04-04 → present
- DRD COMMUNICATIONS PLC 1998-04-14 → 2005-04-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have considered a period which is at least, but not limited to, twelve months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DRD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- DRD Communications and Software Private Limited 99.95%
- Uboss Limited 100%
- Qudo Limited 100%
- VanillaIP Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Cindy April | Secretary | 2005-04-18 | — | British |
| DADDS, David Robert | Director | 1998-04-14 | Jul 1962 | British |
| DADDS, Harry David | Director | 2024-09-04 | Jun 1992 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUSINS, Peter James | Secretary | 2001-03-16 | 2001-12-21 |
| DADDS, Mary Elizabeth | Secretary | 1998-04-14 | 2001-03-16 |
| WARD, Rowland | Secretary | 2001-12-22 | 2002-05-31 |
| WRIGHT, Theresa Ellen | Secretary | 2002-06-14 | 2005-04-15 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-04-14 | 1998-04-14 |
| DADDS, Jill | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2002-07-26 |
| FARRANT, Colin Charles | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2019-03-29 |
| SINNOTT, Iain James | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-03-25 |
| TUTT, Christopher Bryan | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2018-11-02 |
| TUTT, Steven John Robert | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2018-02-20 |
| WRIGHT, Theresa Ellen | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2005-04-15 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-04-14 | 1998-04-14 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-04-14 | 1998-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Robert Dadds | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.