£1.73m
−10%vs Jan 2025Active04983141Private limited companyChesterfield
DIRECT ENGINEERING & SITE SERVICES LTD
A85/100From public filings as at 31 Aug 2026; may contain errors or be out of date. Verify at Companies House · Terms
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Summary
DIRECT ENGINEERING & SITE SERVICES LTD is an active private limited company (company number 04983141) incorporated on 3 December 2003, registered in Chesterfield. Its registered activity is machining (SIC 25620). Latest abridged accounts cover the period ending 31 January 2026, showing net assets of £1.73m and cash of £880k, with 37 employees on average. As abridged accounts, no profit and loss account is filed, so turnover and profit are not public. Net assets fell 10% on the prior period (£1.92m). Across the last 3 periods on record the net-asset trend is falling.
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 113 comparable companies in Sheffield (median £69k, upper quartile £367k).
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 3 December 200322 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 31 October 2027in 374 days
- Confirmation statement due
- 17 December 2026in 56 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 25620
- Machining
- SIC 25990
- Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.
- SIC 33110
- Repair of fabricated metal products
- SIC 71129
- Other engineering activities
- Accounts type
- Unaudited Abridged
- Size band
- SmallCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£880k
+1%vs Jan 2025Not disclosed
37
−3%vs Jan 2025| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2026 | £1.73m | £880k | £713k | £748k | — | — | 37 |
| 31 January 2025 | £1.92m | £868k | £1.09m | £896k | — | — | 38 |
| 31 January 2024 | £2.67m | £1.76m | £1.10m | £1.00m | — | — | 37 |
Current ratio2.27Comfortable
Cash per employee£24kCash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Firmoscan score
85 / 100 · grade A
| 50 | Starting scoreEvery scored company starts here |
| +10 | Positive net assetsNet assets £1,727,302 at 2026-01-31 |
| +8 | Comfortable liquidityCurrent ratio 2.27 |
| +4 | Cash reservesCash £880,006 |
| +5 | Multi-year filing history3 periods on record |
| +8 | EstablishedIncorporated 2003-12-03 (23 years) |
| 85 | Score, grade A |
A transparent, rules-based score from filed data only: every point lists its evidence. It is not a credit rating or advice. How the score is computed.
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Ownership and control
- Direct Engineering Holdings Ltd
- owns 75–100% of shares
- holds 75–100% of voting rights
- Mrs Lyn Woolley
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- Mr Ray Woolley
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents.
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Timeline
- Next accounts duein 374 days
- Confirmation statement duein 56 days
- Accounts period endNet assets £1.73m · abridged accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £1.92m · abridged accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £2.67m · abridged accounts
- Incorporated
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All companies incorporated on 3 December 2003 · in Dec 2003.
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Reminders for DIRECT ENGINEERING & SITE SERVICES LTD
Get an email before each filing deadline — accounts and confirmation statement — so nothing is late.