DESIGN BLUE LIMITED
Company number 03792408 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Design Blue Limited (D3O) has established a defensible market position through patented impact protection technology and premium brand equity, achieving 55% gross margins across five diversified verticals. The FY2020 performance—maintaining £3.1M EBITDA despite a 20% revenue decline—validates the resilience of the multi-sector model and contractual protections, though the £1.8M shareholders' deficit and dependency on continued R&D innovation present constraints on strategic flexibility. The primary value creation pathway lies in accelerating penetration of the consumer electronics and PPE/Defence verticals while exploring licensing models to monetise the IP portfolio more efficiently, provided the balance sheet is strengthened to support this expansion.
Shareholders' funds
£11,228,898
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The Company's principal activity is manufacturing and distributing impact protection products across a variety of sectors and applications.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-06-21
- Employees
- 38 (2025 accounts · was 36 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Lab, 7-8 Commerce Way, Croydon, CR0 4XA
- Postcode
- CR0 4XA
- Capital
- 1,542 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-21
- Next due by
- 2027-07-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74909 Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 21 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by D3O HOLDINGS LTD — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1122118 (Tier 1), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| D3O 69 NORTH STREET, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX, BN41 1DH | 2015-06-01 |
| GROUND FLOOR, MICROSCAPE HOUSE, HOVE PARK VILLAS, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, BN3 6HX | 2011-06-27 |
| 1ST FLOOR MICROSCAPE HOUSE, HOVE PARK VILLAS, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX BN3 6HX | 2006-08-01 |
| UNIT 205 OXO TOWER WHARF, BARGEHOUSE STREET, LONDON, SE1 9PH | 2005-06-03 |
| 3 SHAKESPEARE ROAD, HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE AL5 5NE | 2000-12-13 |
| ENTERPRISE HOUSE 82 WHITCHURCH, ROAD, CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN CF14 3LX | 1999-07-15 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 282 similar companies in CR
The largest employer among its local peers (38 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.
Competitors Croydon
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5. H010 LIMITED
This company ranks 1 among other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified in Croydon.
The class of 1999
43%
of the 885 companies in this sector incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-07-12
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGL851455 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-07-12 | — |
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