DPM LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£86K
-21% vs 2022
Net assets
£274K
+40.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
9
+12.5% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£103K
+8.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £358,758 | — | £538,761 | — | £706,339 | £821,401 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £17,169 | — | £2,522 | — | £94,898 | £61,696 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £17,600 | — | £1,840 | — | £94,712 | £102,887 | |
| Net profit | — | £29,975 | £34,362 | — | £13,747 | — | -£407 | — | £78,166 | £78,505 | |
| Cash | — | £63,362 | £62,797 | — | £67,014 | — | £79,572 | — | £108,389 | £85,583 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £70,031 | £104,393 | — | £118,140 | — | £117,733 | — | £195,899 | £274,404 | |
| Equity | £40,056 | £70,031 | £104,393 | £104,393 | £118,140 | £118,140 | £117,733 | £117,733 | £195,899 | £274,404 | |
| Average employees | — | 3 | 6 | — | 8 | — | 10 | — | 8 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £239,110 | — | £317,581 | — | £384,485 | £460,811 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £74,240 | — | £78,952 | £86,241 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+16.3%
£706,339 £821,401
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-21%
£108,389 £85,583
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Net assets
+40.1%
£195,899 £274,404
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+12.5%
8 9
-
Operating profit
-35%
£94,898 £61,696
-
Profit before tax
+8.6%
£94,712 £102,887
highest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+19.9%
£384,485 £460,811
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.8% | — | 0.5% | — | 13.4% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 3.8% | — | -0.1% | — | 11.1% | 9.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.30x | 2.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 15.79x | — | 3.70x | — | 58.29x | 38.75x |
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
- DPM LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 2014-05-19 → present
- DENTONS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 2012-07-06 → 2014-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern bases of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPOONER, Barry | Secretary | 2014-01-10 | — | — |
| BERNS, Hannah Victoria | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1987 | British |
| HOLLOWAY, David Christopher | Director | 2024-01-01 | May 1984 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLER, Derrick Ian | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2020-12-31 |
| KEARSLEY, David Brookes | Director | 2014-11-24 | 2025-03-10 |
| STEWART, Ian | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2024-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentons Holdings Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, 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 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.