DSF REFRACTORIES & MINERALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-24 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+45.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+7% vs 2024
Employees
137
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-30.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,539,055 | £26,847,930 | |
| Operating profit | £3,414,072 | £2,237,239 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,246,267 | £2,250,746 | |
| Net profit | £2,446,362 | £1,698,187 | |
| Cash | £2,072,281 | £3,024,080 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,299,045 | £12,348,740 | |
| Net assets | £10,097,927 | £10,807,614 | |
| Equity | £10,097,927 | £10,807,614 | |
| Average employees | 136 | 137 | |
| Wages | £6,217,752 | £6,230,241 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,207,715 | £1,394,763 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£27,539,055 £26,847,930
-
Cash
+45.9%
£2,072,281 £3,024,080
-
Net assets
+7%
£10,097,927 £10,807,614
-
Employees
+0.7%
136 137
-
Operating profit
-34.5%
£3,414,072 £2,237,239
-
Profit before tax
-30.7%
£3,246,267 £2,250,746
-
Wages
+0.2%
£6,217,752 £6,230,241
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.8% | 18.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | 19.17x | 23.77x |
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
- DSF REFRACTORIES & MINERALS LIMITED 1993-06-08 → present
- WJB (300) LIMITED 1993-04-22 → 1993-06-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hart Shaw LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Significant investment is being undertaken to increase the business' capacity with a new £3m automatic hydraulic press being installed in the Autumn of 2025 to further drive the Company's growth and ability to be a technical world leader.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARN, Philip Arthur | Secretary | 2009-04-07 | — | British |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2004-08-01 | — | — |
| BEARN, Philip Arthur | Director | 2005-06-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FLOWER, Janette Rachel | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
| HANDLEY, Matthew Robert | Director | 2021-01-01 | Feb 1983 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Paul Malcolm | Director | 2003-08-07 | Feb 1968 | British |
| WHELPTON, Christopher John | Director | 2005-06-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WILSON, Trevor Robert | Director | 2024-06-03 | May 1966 | British |
| WINDLE, Christopher James | Director | 2017-07-18 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATTERALL, John | Secretary | 1993-06-08 | 2003-08-07 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-08-07 | 2004-08-01 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-04-22 | 1993-06-08 |
| BELL, Geoffrey Malcolm | Director | 2003-08-07 | 2023-12-18 |
| CATTERALL, John | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2005-03-31 |
| KIRKHAM, Philip David | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1995-03-31 |
| PARKIN, Neale Andrew | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2023-12-18 |
| RITCHIE, Alastair James | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2003-08-07 |
| WHELPTON, Derek Andrew | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2003-08-07 |
| WHITEHURST, Russell | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-04-22 | 1993-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dsf (2003) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.