DOLPHIN SOLUTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-27 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+26.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+16.9% vs 2023
Employees
81
+14.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+9.8% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £21,285,602 | £25,941,711 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,798,902 | £5,248,947 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,815,036 | £5,284,659 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,989,571 | £4,272,356 | |
| Cash | — | £3,851,576 | £4,872,323 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,520,222 | £9,944,832 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,364,458 | £9,780,173 | |
| Equity | £8,525,293 | £8,364,458 | £9,780,173 | |
| Average employees | — | 71 | 81 | |
| Wages | — | £4,022,649 | £5,098,346 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £95,751 | £82,186 |
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
-
Turnover
+21.9%
£21,285,602 £25,941,711
-
Cash
+26.5%
£3,851,576 £4,872,323
-
Net assets
+16.9%
£8,364,458 £9,780,173
-
Employees
+14.1%
71 81
-
Operating profit
+9.4%
£4,798,902 £5,248,947
-
Profit before tax
+9.8%
£4,815,036 £5,284,659
-
Wages
+26.7%
£4,022,649 £5,098,346
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 22.5% | 20.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 18.7% | 16.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 56.3% | 52.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.41x | 3.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | 516.18x | 12678.62x |
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
- DOLPHIN SOLUTIONS LTD 2016-08-08 → present
- BELL-CHEM PRODUCTS COMPANY LIMITED 2012-02-23 → 2016-08-08
- BELL-CHEM PRODUCTS COMPANY 1999-01-27 → 2012-02-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Riverside Accountancy Lancaster Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The acquisition of a controlling stake in Dolphin Solutions (AUS) Pty Ltd, the Company's Australian operation, on 21 March 2025 further consolidated the Group's position in the Australian market and extends its ability to leverage strategic client relationships across global accounts.”
- “The demerger of Forge Farm Investments Ltd on 5 March 2025 along with its property interests into a corporate structure outside of Dolphin Solutions allows the Dolphin Group to focus on the commercial washroom market whilst retaining a sound financial position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTIE, Christopher James | Director | 1999-06-10 | Mar 1969 | British |
| BEATTIE, Jonathan | Director | 2008-07-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| BEATTIE, Kevin Warwick | Director | 2020-08-01 | Aug 2002 | British |
| BEATTIE, Richard James | Director | 2020-08-01 | Feb 1998 | British |
| BEATTIE, Russell | Director | 2020-08-01 | May 1993 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWIE, David John | Secretary | 1999-01-27 | 2014-01-26 |
| BEATTIE, William Robert, Mr | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2019-12-31 |
| LYNES, Alleyn David | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2008-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin Solutions (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.