DESIGN BLUE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+44.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+39.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
36
-10% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£5M
+50.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £18,879,727 | £15,063,997 | £19,502,196 | £24,967,959 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,149,488 | £3,092,859 | £3,276,956 | £4,727,423 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £697,622 | £1,423,127 | £3,051,047 | £4,597,059 | |
| Net profit | — | £697,622 | £2,818,635 | £2,749,338 | £4,499,727 | |
| Cash | — | £2,592,324 | £2,857,630 | £5,897,005 | £8,523,365 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,458,630 | £10,432,811 | £15,898,943 | £19,955,395 | |
| Net assets | — | -£4,687,072 | -£1,769,682 | £11,295,978 | £15,795,705 | |
| Equity | -£5,384,694 | -£4,687,072 | -£1,769,682 | £11,295,978 | £15,795,705 | |
| Average employees | — | 50 | 44 | 40 | 36 | |
| Wages | — | £2,975,972 | £2,925,503 | £1,802,549 | £1,960,191 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £484,464 | £743,000 | — | — |
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
+28%
£19,502,196 £24,967,959
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+44.5%
£5,897,005 £8,523,365
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+39.8%
£11,295,978 £15,795,705
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-10%
40 36
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+44.3%
£3,276,956 £4,727,423
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+50.7%
£3,051,047 £4,597,059
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+8.7%
£1,802,549 £1,960,191
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 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 16.7% | 20.5% | 16.8% | 18.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.7% | 18.7% | 14.1% | 18.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 42.2% | 29.6% | 20.6% | 23.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.89x | 7.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.76x | 10.83x | 13.89x | 21.81x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have carefully assessed future trading projections for a period of at least 12 months from the date of this report, and the extent to which they might affect the preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis. Based on the assessment, the directors consider that the Company maintains an appropriate level of liquidity, sufficient to meet the demands of the business including any servicing obligations of external debt liabilities.”
Group structure
- DESIGN BLUE LIMITED · parent
- D3O Limited 100%
- D3O Lab Limited 100%
- D3O (HK) Limited 100%
- D3O (US) LLC 100%
- Dongguan D3O Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Colin David | Secretary | 2016-03-18 | — | — |
| SAWYER, Stuart | Director | 2010-01-13 | Aug 1962 | English |
| SMITH, Colin David | Director | 2016-03-18 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROMILOW, Charles | Secretary | 2007-11-15 | 2011-06-21 |
| JENKINS, Phillip | Secretary | 2011-06-21 | 2015-10-20 |
| PALMER, Adrian Russell | Secretary | 1999-07-21 | 2007-11-15 |
| CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-06-21 | 1999-07-21 |
| APPLEGATE, Richard Arthur David, Lieutenant General (Ret'D) | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2016-05-31 |
| BRENNINKMEIJER, Dennis | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| BROMILOW, Charles | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2009-02-12 |
| BUTTRICK, Richard | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2016-05-31 |
| DUNNE, Patrick Eamonn | Director | 2013-10-17 | 2016-05-31 |
| ECCLES, Spencer Peterson | Director | 2007-04-14 | 2015-04-01 |
| GREEN, Philip Charles, Dr | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2006-04-12 |
| HICKS, Simon Thornton | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2016-05-31 |
| KLOPP, Kenneth Harold | Director | 2006-01-05 | 2008-12-10 |
| PALMER, Richard | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2011-05-11 |
| RANKIN, Clive Taunton, Dr | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2008-12-10 |
| THEYS, Anthony | Director | 2007-04-14 | 2011-06-21 |
| VANHOUTTE, Thomas | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2015-04-01 |
| WATSON, Alexander Ernest | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2005-02-24 |
| WATTS, Arun, Dr | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2006-09-24 |
| CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-06-21 | 1999-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D3o Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-05-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-09-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
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.