DATA DISCOVERY SOLUTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£526K
-93.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-14.8% vs 2024
Employees
32
-50.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-180.2% vs 2024
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2019-06-30 | 2020-06-29 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-29 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-29 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £18,534,591 | £4,833,946 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,090,338 | -£1,495,957 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,001,312 | -£1,605,826 | |
| Net profit | — | -£367,067 | — | -£470,664 | — | -£594,340 | — | £1,408,221 | -£1,406,227 | |
| Cash | — | £1,712,685 | — | £96,633 | — | £528,832 | — | £7,689,211 | £525,874 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,355,972 | — | £6,885,308 | — | £8,201,054 | — | £13,635,533 | £12,283,324 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,355,972 | — | £6,885,308 | — | £8,201,054 | — | £9,135,533 | £7,783,324 | |
| Equity | £2,946,008 | £7,355,972 | £7,355,972 | £6,885,308 | — | £8,201,054 | £8,271,155 | £9,135,533 | £7,783,324 | |
| Average employees | — | 28 | — | 22 | — | 24 | — | 65 | 32 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £8,895,492 | £4,174,174 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,419,972 | £387,406 |
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 2025-06-29 vs 2024-06-29
-
Turnover
-73.9%
£18,534,591 £4,833,946
-
Cash
-93.2%
£7,689,211 £525,874
-
Net assets
-14.8%
£9,135,533 £7,783,324
-
Employees
-50.8%
65 32
-
Operating profit
-171.6%
£2,090,338 -£1,495,957
-
Profit before tax
-180.2%
£2,001,312 -£1,605,826
-
Wages
-53.1%
£8,895,492 £4,174,174
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 | 2019-06-30 | 2020-06-29 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-29 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-29 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | -30.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.6% | -29.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.3% | -12.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.35x | 2.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24.33x | -3.32x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- DATA DISCOVERY SOLUTIONS LTD · parent
- Active Navigation Inc 100%
- Data Discovery Solutions Pty Limited 100%
- Active Navigation Limited 100%
- Data Discovery Solutions EBT Limited 100%
Significant events
- “With effect from 1st August 2024 this business [DFIR, trading as Actfore] has been spun off from the ActiveNav group into its own standalone entity, Actfore Inc.”
- “ActiveNav holds a 30% stake in this new independent endeavor through its parent company Active Forensics LLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAUMANN, Peter John | Director | 2008-11-13 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HALE, Richard James | Director | 2019-04-18 | Dec 1969 | British |
| HOPE, Trevor Michael | Director | 2019-11-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| O'CONNELL, John Anthony | Director | 2011-04-15 | Jun 1945 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Judith Elizabeth | Secretary | 2010-04-14 | 2021-02-28 |
| GEYER, Christian | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2024-12-15 |
| KIPLING, Neil James | Director | 2011-04-15 | 2020-01-09 |
| MITCHELL, Vincent James Harvey | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| VARDIGANS, Peter John | Director | 2008-11-13 | 2020-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter John Baumann | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2019-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.