DB SYMMETRY LTD
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Cash
£7.9m
-68.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£413m
+3.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13m
+1,140.4% highest 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 | £4,009 | £4,129,718 | £6,055,929 | +46.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£557,545 | £3,681,060 | £5,780,630 | +57% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,881,085 | -£1,226,097 | £12,755,813 | +1,140.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,233,812 | -£1,361,129 | £12,755,813 | +1,037.1% | |
| Cash | £5,111,803 | £25,269,483 | £7,919,217 | -68.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,671,220 | £400,716,818 | £413,472,631 | +3.2% | |
| Net assets | £14,671,220 | £400,716,818 | £413,472,631 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £14,671,220 | £400,716,818 | £413,472,631 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | — | 89.1% | 95.5% | |
| Net margin | — | -33.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.8% | 0.9% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.2% | 66.8% | 67.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.02x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | 90.11x | 69.88x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DB SYMMETRY LTD 2015-01-16 → present
- BARWOOD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2003-03-31 → 2015-01-16
- SECKLOE 132 LIMITED 2002-09-17 → 2003-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has received an undertaking from its ultimate parent company that no intra-group amounts owed by the company will be called for repayment for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements”
Group structure
- DB SYMMETRY LTD · parent
- Tritax Big Box Development (Midlands) Ltd 100%
- Tritax Park Wigan UK Ltd 100%
- Tritax Symmetry (Bicester Reid) Ltd 100%
- Tritax Park Ardley Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Petrina Marie, Ms. | Director | 2019-02-19 | Apr 1974 | British |
| DUNLOP, James Angus | Director | 2019-02-19 | Aug 1967 | British |
| FRANKLIN, Henry Bell | Director | 2019-02-19 | Aug 1973 | British |
| GODFREY, Colin Richard | Director | 2019-02-19 | May 1965 | British |
| OLIVER, William Macmillan | Director | 2023-03-29 | Nov 1979 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Frankie Ray | Director | 2021-01-04 | Oct 1985 | British |
| WITHERS, Charles Edwin | Director | 2022-09-21 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2006-09-04 | 2014-12-19 |
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2003-04-17 | 2004-03-24 |
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Secretary | 2006-09-04 | 2014-12-19 |
| YOUNG, Craig Robert | Secretary | 2004-03-24 | 2006-01-20 |
| A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-17 | 2002-10-09 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2014-12-19 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-09 | 2003-04-17 |
| AMOS, Terence Philip | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2009-01-31 |
| BOWEN, Richard William | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2023-03-29 |
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2014-12-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Henry Brian | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2019-02-19 |
| DICKMAN, Andrew | Director | 2014-12-19 | 2019-02-19 |
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2014-12-19 |
| HOBART, Bjorn Dominic | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2021-11-29 |
| LITTLE, Marcus James | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2004-11-05 |
| MATTHEWS, Christian Peter | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2019-02-19 |
| REDDING, Philip Anthony | Director | 2021-11-29 | 2022-09-21 |
| RUDGE, Alan James | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2014-12-19 |
| SHAW, Mark Glenn Bridgman | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2020-01-07 |
| YOUNG, Craig Robert | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2006-01-20 |
| A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-17 | 2002-10-09 |
| DV4 ADMINISTRATION 1 UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-12-19 | 2019-02-19 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-10-09 | 2003-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tritax Big Box Developments Holdco 1 Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-20 RP04SH01 Legacy
- 2024-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.