DBE SERVICES LIMITED
Company number 05531123 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
DBE Services Limited operates as a niche diocesan education services provider with a captive client base of Church of England schools, but its financial position has deteriorated sharply in 2023. The 11 percentage point collapse in gross margin to 36.1% — driven by a 25.5% increase in cost of sales on only 3.6% revenue growth — has reduced operating margins to 9.8% and nearly eliminated the balance sheet buffer, with net assets falling to just £34,301 (1.2% of turnover). While the company's quasi-monopolistic position within its diocesan territory provides revenue resilience, the current ratio of 1.02 and depleted retained earnings leave it acutely vulnerable to any further margin compression or working capital stress.
Shareholders' funds
£34,301
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is to carry on business as a general commercial company and in particular to provide various services to schools including but not exclusively inspections, teaching and curriculum support, administrative services, building, equipment and construction support and insurance.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-08-08
- Employees
- 13 (2023 accounts · was 8 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Clayton House Walker Industrial Estate, Walker Road, Guide, Blackburn, England, BB1 2QE
- Postcode
- BB1 2QE
- Capital
- 72 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-25
- Next due by
- 2027-07-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82110 Combined office administrative service activities
Officers 12 current · 32 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB166029 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- dbeservices.co.uk
- Phone
- 01254958850
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CHURCH HOUSE, CATHEDRAL CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 5AA | 2016-01-11 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 35 similar companies in BB
The largest employer among its local peers (13 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2005.
No.6 of the largest combined office administrative service activities companies in Blackburn →
Competitors Blackburn
This company ranks 6 among combined office administrative service activities in Blackburn.
The class of 2005
34%
of the 154,486 companies incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.