DL M & E BUILDING SERVICES LTD
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Cash
£1.6M
+144.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+9.3% vs 2024
Employees
81
+3.8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.9M
+140,278.4% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,004,411 | — | — | £16,836,534 | £11,974,444 | £19,203,358 | +60.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,002,428 | — | — | £2,580,316 | £112 | £2,928,124 | +2,614,296.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,002,428 | £2,951,140 | £4,267,404 | £2,579,849 | £2,086 | £2,928,293 | +140,278.4% | |
| Net profit | £810,975 | — | £3,515,968 | £1,969,387 | -£2,010 | £2,180,907 | +108,602.8% | |
| Cash | £2,432,883 | £1,149,113 | £1,489,841 | £1,093,438 | £646,969 | £1,581,724 | +144.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,259,570 | £8,531,706 | £11,608,871 | £12,850,817 | £11,703,193 | £12,794,889 | +9.3% | |
| Net assets | £6,259,030 | £8,531,706 | £11,607,791 | £12,850,174 | £11,703,041 | £12,794,737 | +9.3% | |
| Equity | £6,259,030 | £8,531,706 | £11,607,791 | £12,850,174 | £11,703,041 | £12,794,737 | +9.3% | |
| Average employees | 68 | 72 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 81 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | — | £3,306,482 | — | £3,916,866 | £3,687,963 | £3,970,540 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £78,530 | £98,600 | £131,137 | £137,554 | £133,906 | -2.7% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.1% | — | — | 15.3% | 0.0% | 15.2% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | — | — | 11.7% | -0.0% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.0% | — | — | 20.1% | 0.0% | 22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 6.7% | 14.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.61x | 14.99x | 7.05x |
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
- DL M & E BUILDING SERVICES LTD 2011-02-08 → present
- DL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED 2005-11-23 → 2011-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In the prior year the company's financial performance was impacted by a key client, ISG, unexpected administration. After working hard during the year to secure replacement work and recover the workload, the company is now back performing in line with typical performance seen in previous years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAHER, Paul John William | Director | 2022-12-09 | Jan 1988 | British |
| MCCORMACK, Gary Patrick | Director | 2022-12-09 | Jul 1973 | British |
| MILNER, Benjamin Thomas Graham | Director | 2021-02-26 | Aug 1982 | British |
| WATTS, Michael Brian | Director | 2022-12-09 | Oct 1987 | British |
| YOUNG, Simon | Director | 2022-12-09 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWE, Daniel Jonathan | Secretary | 2005-11-23 | 2005-12-05 |
| TABERNER, Susan | Secretary | 2005-12-05 | 2010-08-13 |
| LOWE, Daniel Jonathan | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2022-12-09 |
| TABERNER, Philip James | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2010-08-13 |
| TABERNER, Susan | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2010-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dl M & E Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.