DESIGN BLUE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
-78.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
-28.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
38
+5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£362k
-92.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £19,502,196 | £24,967,959 | £20,503,297 | -17.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,276,956 | £5,791,433 | £1,928,192 | -66.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,051,047 | £4,597,059 | £361,882 | -92.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,749,338 | £4,499,727 | £382,795 | -91.5% | |
| Cash | £5,897,005 | £8,523,365 | £1,862,984 | -78.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,898,943 | £19,955,395 | £13,922,107 | -30.2% | |
| Net assets | £11,295,978 | £15,795,705 | £11,228,898 | -28.9% | |
| Equity | £11,295,978 | £15,795,705 | £11,228,898 | -28.9% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 36 | 38 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £1,802,549 | £1,960,191 | £2,023,808 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 16.8% | 23.2% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 14.1% | 18.0% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 29.0% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.6% | 29.4% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.89x | 7.56x | — | |
| Interest cover | 13.89x | 26.72x | 18.48x |
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 twelve months from the date of this report”
Group structure
- DESIGN BLUE LIMITED · parent
- D3O Limited 100%
- D3O Lab Limited 100%
- D3O (HK) Limited 100%
- D3O (US) LLC 100%
- Dongguan D3O Trading Co., Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2026 a new Chief Executive Officer of the Group, headed by Jack Topco Limited, commenced employment (M Bazil). After a planned handover, the previous Chief Executive Officer (S Sawyer) transitioned to another group role as Non-executive Director.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Colin David | Secretary | 2016-03-18 | — | — |
| BAZIL, Matthieu | Director | 2026-08-07 | Apr 1974 | French |
| SMITH, Colin David | Director | 2016-03-18 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 21 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 |
| SAWYER, Stuart | Director | 2010-01-13 | 2026-08-07 |
| 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 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.