D.F.P.F. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-74.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£1M
-79.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
102
+1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+34.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £6,413,818 | £7,187,524 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £846,761 | £1,260,824 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £884,265 | £1,186,816 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £659,102 | £788,265 | |
| Cash | — | £1,924,956 | £3,181,036 | £4,059,711 | £1,037,128 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,570,726 | £5,046,998 | £7,126,416 | £1,480,198 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,538,341 | £4,981,192 | £7,082,988 | £1,447,347 | |
| Equity | — | £3,538,341 | £4,981,192 | £7,082,988 | £1,447,347 | |
| Average employees | — | 98 | 87 | 101 | 102 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,565,264 | £2,741,736 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+12.1%
£6,413,818 £7,187,524
-
Cash
-74.5%
£4,059,711 £1,037,128
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-79.6%
£7,082,988 £1,447,347
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1%
101 102
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+48.9%
£846,761 £1,260,824
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Profit before tax
+34.2%
£884,265 £1,186,816
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Wages
+6.9%
£2,565,264 £2,741,736
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 13.2% | 17.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 10.3% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 11.9% | 85.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 9.0% | 41.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 10.93x | 2.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 106.99x |
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
- Maneely Mc Cann Chartered Accountants
- 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”
Group structure
- D.F.P.F. LIMITED · parent
- People 1st Employment and Skills Limited 100%
- DFPF (NO2) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 June 2024 the shareholders of the company sold all of their shares to the DFPF Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) The transaction was undertaken to promote long-term employee engagement and align the company's governance structure with its commitment to sustainable growth”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEENAN, Ronan | Director | 2001-10-01 | Feb 1970 | Irish |
| KELLY, Aidan | Director | 2024-06-05 | Jun 1975 | Irish |
| KERNAGHAN, Brenda | Director | 2001-10-01 | Oct 1974 | Irish |
| MCBRIDE, Grainne | Director | 2024-06-05 | Apr 1972 | Irish |
| MOORE, Eamonn | Director | 2024-06-05 | Jul 1965 | Irish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALY, Bernadette | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| HEENAN, Ronan | Secretary | 2024-06-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| DALY, Bernadette | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| SINGLETON, Lesley Anne | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2010-06-30 |
| WRIGHT, Amanda | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2006-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfpf Employees' Trustees Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-03 | Active |
| Mrs Bernadette Daly | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-10-01 | Ceased 2024-06-01 |
| Mr Ronan Pádraig Heenan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-01 | Ceased 2019-10-02 |
| Mrs Brenda Kernaghan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-01 | Ceased 2017-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-31 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-10 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-27 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.