D.P.D. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-12-31 (in 2y)
Last filed for 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£480K
-22.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£7M
+5.8% vs 2025
Employees
63
+3.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1M
+4.7% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,879,755 | £5,011,278 | |
| Operating profit | £1,176,291 | £1,211,812 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,158,074 | £1,212,404 | |
| Net profit | £724,032 | £950,054 | |
| Cash | £616,566 | £479,700 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,142,156 | £7,490,979 | |
| Net assets | £6,868,900 | £7,268,954 | |
| Equity | £6,868,900 | £7,268,954 | |
| Average employees | 61 | 63 | |
| Wages | £1,755,900 | £1,834,931 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £161,366 | £212,136 |
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
FY2025 → FY2026 · period ending 2026-03-31 vs 2025-03-31
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£4,879,755 £5,011,278
-
Cash
-22.2%
£616,566 £479,700
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£6,868,900 £7,268,954
-
Employees
+3.3%
61 63
-
Operating profit
+3%
£1,176,291 £1,211,812
-
Profit before tax
+4.7%
£1,158,074 £1,212,404
-
Wages
+4.5%
£1,755,900 £1,834,931
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.1% | 24.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 19.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 16.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.8% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 6.38x | 10.89x | |
| Interest cover | 52.44x | — |
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
- D.P.D. LIMITED 1999-10-27 → present
- FINALMINI LIMITED 1999-10-01 → 1999-10-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- TWP Accounting LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. On that basis we consider the going concern basis of preparation to be appropriate.”
Significant events
- “new markets beginning an expansion in northern Africa including Algeria”
- “current situation in the Gulf region, with its associated restriction of cargo flight movements”
- “The 'Phase 2' quarantine initiation laboratory has been brought into operation”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATRA, Ajit Singh Mohinder Singh, Mr. | Director | 2011-08-12 | Mar 1969 | Indian |
| BAYLEY, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2023-04-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| BRACKPOOL, Avril Lesley, Dr | Director | 1999-12-17 | Apr 1956 | British |
| LALBHAI, Nishtha Sunil | Director | 2025-05-26 | Apr 1994 | Indian |
| SHARKEY, Edward, Dr | Director | 2017-08-25 | Mar 1947 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, Walter Mackenzie, Dr. | Secretary | 2003-12-19 | 2012-04-05 |
| OBERN, David William | Secretary | 1999-12-17 | 2003-12-19 |
| LYDACO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-10-20 | 1999-12-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 1999-10-20 |
| BROOKS, Shaun Ivor, Mr. | Director | 2011-08-05 | 2011-08-12 |
| GOPI KANNAN, Thirukonda | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2017-08-25 |
| MOHANAN, Bharathy Narayanan | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2025-05-25 |
| MORGAN, Walter Mackenzie, Dr. | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2012-04-05 |
| PANDYA, Shailesh Nandshanker | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2025-06-16 |
| THORNER, Graham Douglas | Director | 1999-12-17 | 2003-07-24 |
| THORNER, Roderick Barry | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2011-08-12 |
| UNDERWOOD, Brian Malcolm | Director | 1999-12-17 | 2002-09-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-10-01 | 1999-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atul Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.