DORA BIDCO UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£490K
USD 655,557
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£814K
USD 1,089,478
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£9M
USD -12,530,832
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | |
| Operating profit | -£7,870,019 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,367,446 | |
| Net profit | -£9,367,446 | |
| Cash | £490,063 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £148,302,785 | |
| Net assets | £814,441 | |
| Equity | £814,441 | |
| Average employees | 0 | |
| Wages | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | -1.42x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these considerations, the Director has determined that this entity remains a going concern for at least 12 months from the sign-off date or until 30 September 2026. The Company was established as part of a holding structure to facilitate the acquisition of the group headed by Dale Partners Limited. Fu”
Group structure
- DORA BIDCO UK LIMITED · parent
- Dale Partners Limited 100%
- Dale Syndicate Services Limited 100%
- Dale Managing Agency Limited 100%
- Dale Nominees Limited 100%
- Magna Syndicate Services 82.31%
- Dale CM No 2 Limited 100%
- Dale CM No 3 Limited 100%
- Dale CM No 5 Limited 100%
- Dale Dual MGU Limited 17%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-09-07 | — | — |
| DALE, Duncan Henderson | Director | 2023-12-15 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDING, Benjamin | Director | 2023-09-07 | 2023-12-15 |
| WALLACE, Andrew Paul, Mr. | Director | 2023-09-07 | 2023-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Midco Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-24 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2023-09-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.