Desira Group Plc
02482580 · Active
Company details
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-03-19
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Accounts & filings
- Accounts last filed
- 2024-12-31 · FULL
- Next accounts due
- 2026-06-30 due in 10 days
- Confirmation statement
- last made up 2026-03-19 · next due 2027-04-02
Registered office
Victoria RoadDiss
Norfolk
Ip22 4gs
Peer comparison
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Based on this company's latest filed accounts (to Dec 2023) · Full accounts — profit & loss and balance sheet.
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Financial health
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Based on this company's latest filed accounts (to Dec 2023) · Full accounts — profit & loss and balance sheet.
Note: these are the most recent machine-readable accounts on file, but they're now over two years old — more recent filings may not yet be available in a readable format.
Ratios and signals derived from this company's filed Companies House figures only.
Accounts
Based on this company's latest filed accounts (to Dec 2023) · Full accounts — profit & loss and balance sheet.
Note: these are the most recent machine-readable accounts on file, but they're now over two years old — more recent filings may not yet be available in a readable format.
| Year ending | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2018 | Jan 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Turnover |
£68,068,896
↑5.3%
|
£64,632,700
↓15.9%
|
£76,815,828
↓10.1%
|
£85,487,596
|
— |
| Gross profit |
£7,940,840
↓4.3%
|
£8,295,449
↑3.9%
|
£7,980,779
↓14.6%
|
£9,346,422
|
— |
| Operating profit |
£571,199
↓65.3%
|
£1,646,557
↑369.6%
|
£350,664
↓9.9%
|
£389,147
|
— |
| Profit before tax |
£535,599
↓67.0%
|
£1,623,442
↑439.9%
|
£300,692
↓16.4%
|
£359,544
|
— |
| Profit / loss | — |
— |
£219,629
↓20.4%
|
£275,839
|
— |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Fixed assets |
£1,633,036
↓1.4%
|
£1,656,679
↓14.5%
|
£1,938,354
↓4.4%
|
£2,026,543
|
— |
| Current assets |
£16,304,369
↑11.7%
|
£14,590,653
↓7.5%
|
£15,769,745
↓13.0%
|
£18,120,480
|
— |
| Cash |
£14,017
↓66.1%
|
£41,372
↑57.0%
|
£26,348
↑643.2%
|
£3,545
|
— |
| Net current assets |
£3,519,941
↑1.3%
|
£3,476,165
↑184.5%
|
£1,221,726
↓38.5%
|
£1,986,146
|
— |
| Net assets |
£4,690,358
→0.0%
|
£4,672,958
↑64.0%
|
£2,849,315
↓23.5%
|
£3,723,336
|
— |
| Equity |
£4,690,358
→0.0%
|
£4,672,958
↑64.0%
|
£2,849,315
↓23.5%
|
£3,723,336
↑2.3%
|
£3,639,555
|
| Other | |||||
| Average employees |
167
↑2.5%
|
163
↓18.1%
|
199
↓17.8%
|
242
|
— |
| Dividends paid | — |
— |
£-1,100,000
↓450.0%
|
£-200,000
|
— |
Source: filed iXBRL accounts at Companies House. P&L items are only published by medium and large companies; small companies file abridged or micro-entity accounts where the P&L is not public.
Industry (SIC codes)
Officers (14)
- Stone, Stuart Peter · Director appointed 2008-09-24
- Desira, Susan Margaret · Director appointed 2007-11-27
- Gant, Michelle Suzanne · Director appointed 2000-02-18
- Sunderland, Colin Arnold · Director appointed 1995-11-07 resigned 2008-12-02
- Pochin, Jonathan Shane · Director appointed 1997-11-06 resigned 2007-10-06
- Hardman, Andrew George · Director appointed 2001-08-13 resigned 2005-07-22
- Bell, Frazer Keith · Director appointed 2004-11-25 resigned 2005-05-24
- Stocks, Nigel · Director appointed 1997-11-06 resigned 2002-08-02
- Norman, Peter Charles Russell · Director resigned 2001-07-26
- Bailes, Peter Leonard Arthur · Director appointed 1997-11-06 resigned 1998-10-20
- Desira, Sauveur · Director resigned 1997-07-29
- Desira, Joseph · Director resigned 1997-07-29
- Pretty, Rodney James · Director resigned 1996-12-19
- Desira, John Paul · Secretary resigned 1995-03-13
People with significant control (1)
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Desira Holdings Plc ActiveCorporate Entity Psc · notified 2016-04-06Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
Mortgages & charges (10)
4 outstanding · 6 satisfied
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Held by Barclays Bank PLCCreated 2021-06-21
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Legal charge SatisfiedHeld by Barclays Bank PLCCreated 1999-08-13 · satisfied 2004-02-06129 heigham street norwich norfolk t/n NK6083.
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Legal charge SatisfiedHeld by Barclays Bank PLCCreated 1998-06-12 · satisfied 2004-02-06Land and buildings at blue boar garage wroxham road sprowston norwich norfolk.
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Legal charge OutstandingHeld by Barclays Bank PLCCreated 1996-07-25Land off victoria and sandy lane diss norfolk.
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Legal charge OutstandingHeld by South Norfolk District CouncilCreated 1996-07-12All those two pieces of land situate off victoria road diss norfolk. See the mortgage charge document for full details.
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Floating charge SatisfiedHeld by Instituto Bancario San Paolo Di Torino S.P.A.Created 1993-09-23 · satisfied 1994-04-06Floating charge over all used or second hand vehicles now or from time to time after the date of the charge owned by the company. See the mortgage charge document for full details.
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Legal charge SatisfiedHeld by Fiat Finance LTDCreated 1991-10-02 · satisfied 1993-06-02All that f/h land k/a victoria rd, diss, norfolk together with all buildings, fixtures, plant & machinery.
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Debenture OutstandingHeld by Barclays Bank PLCCreated 1990-08-02(Including trade fixtures). Fixed and floating charges over the undertaking and all property and assets present and future including goodwill bookdebts uncalled capital buildings fixtures fixed plant and machinery.
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Floating charge SatisfiedHeld by Fiat Finance LimitedCreated 1990-08-02 · satisfied 1993-06-02Undertaking and all property and assets present and future including uncalled capital.
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Legal charge SatisfiedHeld by Fiat Finance LimitedCreated 1990-08-02 · satisfied 1993-06-02All that land fronting victoria road, diss norfolk together with all buildings fixtures plant & machinery.
Recent filings (15)
- 2026-04-01 Confirmation statement (no updates) CS01 Confirmation statement
- 2025-07-01 Full accounts (paper) AA Accounts
- 2025-04-08 Confirmation statement (no updates) CS01 Confirmation statement
- 2024-06-28 Full accounts AA Accounts
- 2024-03-21 Confirmation statement (no updates) CS01 Confirmation statement
- 2023-08-03 Accounts amended with accounts type full (paper) AAMD Accounts
- 2023-07-13 Full accounts (paper) AA Accounts
- 2023-03-31 Confirmation statement (no updates) CS01 Confirmation statement
- 2022-07-05 Full accounts (paper) AA Accounts
- 2022-03-30 Capital allotment shares SH01 Capital
- 2022-03-30 Confirmation statement (with updates) CS01 Confirmation statement
- 2021-10-02 Full accounts (paper) AA Accounts
- 2021-06-24 Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date MR01 Mortgage
- 2021-05-10 Capital allotment shares SH01 Capital
- 2021-05-10 Confirmation statement (with updates) CS01 Confirmation statement
Showing the 15 most recent filings. View full filing history at Companies House.
Source: Companies House register