DBRS RATINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+65% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+1,779.2% vs 2023
Employees
56
-13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+71.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,783,914 | £20,805,766 | |
| Operating profit | £1,497,185 | £2,794,462 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,647,593 | £2,830,712 | |
| Net profit | £1,560,416 | £2,803,539 | |
| Cash | £7,320,743 | £12,079,842 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,588,351 | £2,986,538 | |
| Net assets | £157,571 | £2,961,110 | |
| Equity | £157,571 | £2,961,110 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 56 | |
| Wages | £7,780,419 | £7,076,636 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £330,446 | £429,242 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.8%
£18,783,914 £20,805,766
-
Cash
+65%
£7,320,743 £12,079,842
-
Net assets
+1,779.2%
£157,571 £2,961,110
-
Employees
-13.8%
65 56
-
Operating profit
+86.6%
£1,497,185 £2,794,462
-
Profit before tax
+71.8%
£1,647,593 £2,830,712
-
Wages
-9%
£7,780,419 £7,076,636
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 13.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.6% | 93.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.9% | 82.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 11.14x | 23.64x |
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
- DBRS RATINGS LIMITED 2010-08-19 → present
- HACKREMCO (NO. 2599) LIMITED 2010-01-29 → 2010-08-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In reviewing the operational budget plans and reasonable scenarios, the Company considers that it has adequate resources to be able to continue operating under the going concern assumption. After making appropriate enquiries, receiving a letter of support from the ultimate parent and preparing cash flow forecasts for at least a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, taking account of reasonably severe and plausible downside scenario, the directors have satisfied themselves that the company has sufficient assets to cover its liabilities for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOYNER, Robyn | Secretary | 2024-01-09 | — | — |
| OLSON, Peter | Secretary | 2024-01-09 | — | — |
| BROWN, Charles Dennis | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1960 | American |
| DONOVAN, Joseph | Director | 2021-10-06 | Dec 1954 | American |
| FREY, Katherine | Director | 2022-01-01 | May 1962 | American,British |
| SCHOLZ, Detlef | Director | 2015-08-13 | Jul 1969 | German |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANOWITSCH, Laura | Secretary | 2023-05-16 | 2023-12-31 |
| REID, Alan Gordon | Secretary | 2011-09-20 | 2013-04-15 |
| STROUD, III, Joe Travis | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | 2020-04-10 |
| TRZCINSKI, Leah | Secretary | 2020-04-10 | 2023-05-16 |
| WYLIE, Matthew | Secretary | 2013-04-15 | 2016-03-01 |
| BARBOUR, Iain Rawdon | Director | 2015-08-13 | 2020-08-04 |
| BEATTIE, William Geoffrey | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2015-03-04 |
| CURRY, Daniel Alexander | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2016-09-07 |
| GARCIA CENTENO, Juan Carlos | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2015-08-13 |
| GOODMAN, Laurie Sharon | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| JOYNT, Stephen William | Director | 2018-07-25 | 2019-10-04 |
| MATHEWSON, George Ross, Sir | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2015-08-13 |
| MILLER, George | Director | 2017-07-26 | 2021-11-09 |
| PIETRUSKA, Alexander Michael | Director | 2015-08-13 | 2017-09-27 |
| SCHROEDER, David Andrew | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2015-03-04 |
| SCHROEDER, Walter John | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2015-03-04 |
| VENN, Richard Ernest | Director | 2015-08-13 | 2017-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningstar, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-12-02 | Active |
| Aaa Uk Acquisition Co. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-10 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.