DENTONS HOLDINGS PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-22 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£20M
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
146
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £16,511,175 | £14,851,534 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £5,010,976 | £5,063,045 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £5,361,427 | £5,281,905 | |
| Net profit | £382,513 | — | £545,610 | — | £590,794 | — | £740,754 | — | £3,864,089 | £3,725,782 | |
| Cash | £24,092 | — | £26,933 | — | £40,916 | — | £50,117 | — | £7,274,564 | £8,548,973 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £19,000,260 | £20,151,042 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £4,062,636 | — | £4,053,390 | — | £18,690,260 | £19,816,042 | |
| Equity | £4,026,232 | £4,026,232 | £4,071,842 | £4,071,842 | £4,062,636 | £4,062,636 | £4,053,390 | £4,053,390 | £18,690,260 | £19,816,042 | |
| Average employees | 113 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 147 | 146 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £6,972,606 | £5,148,227 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £731,044 | £457,047 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.3% | 34.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23.4% | 25.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26.4% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.60x | 4.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1448.26x | — |
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
- DENTONS HOLDINGS PLC 2017-01-26 → present
- DENTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-10-08 → 2017-01-26
- DE FACTO 1150 LIMITED 2004-08-20 → 2004-10-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DENTONS HOLDINGS PLC · parent
- Dentons Pension Management Limited 100%
- Dentons Investment Services Limited 100%
- DPM Legal Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group is now back to full strength, both in terms of headcount and activity and therefore looks forward to producing record results for the present financial period.”
- “The Group has continued to win awards. Since 2012 we have received five stars on eleven occasions in the Financial Adviser Service Awards, as voted for by Financial Advisers.”
- “The Group's Balance Sheet remains strong. All debt has been repaid and cash represents 43% of net assets.”
- “The freehold of the property from which the Group operates is owned and is unencumbered.”
- “The Group has the capacity to make further acquisitions without significantly increasing its operating costs.”
- “The Group's in-house IT capability also gives greater flexibility in the management of the risks associated with cybersecurity.”
- “The Group has successfully integrated its acquisitions to date and as a result is in a position to make further acquisitions as the opportunity arises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPOONER, Barry | Secretary | 2017-03-29 | — | — |
| FOWLER, Derrick Ian | Director | 2017-02-10 | Mar 1951 | British |
| ROSE, Martyn Craig | Director | 2004-09-30 | May 1948 | British |
| STEWART, Ian | Director | 2017-02-10 | Jan 1964 | British |
| WAKE-WALKER, David Christopher | Director | 2004-09-30 | Mar 1947 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNCAN, Graham John William | Secretary | 2017-01-26 | 2017-03-29 |
| SPOONER, Barry | Secretary | 2014-01-10 | 2017-01-26 |
| WILKINSON, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2004-09-30 | 2014-01-10 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-08-20 | 2004-09-30 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-08-20 | 2004-09-30 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-08-20 | 2004-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyn Rose Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.