DESIGN & TECHNICAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Company number 05517138 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Design & Technical Services (UK) Limited has completed a significant financial rehabilitation, eliminating £234k in bank debt, restoring cash from near-zero to £133k, and growing net assets by 41% to £449k—transforming from a balance-sheet-stressed entity to a platform with genuine strategic optionality. However, the company's strategic trajectory is fundamentally shaped by its role within the Nicholas Correa S.A. group, with intercompany debtors representing 45% of total assets and decision-making authority concentrated in the parent entity. The critical inflection point is whether the group will now deploy the rebuilt balance sheet toward UK market growth—or continue to extract value through intercompany arrangements. Without targeted reinvestment in an aging asset base and formalized intercompany governance, the recent gains risk being temporary rather than transformational.
Shareholders' funds
£449,008
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-07-25
- Employees
- 22 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit C1 Binary Court, Western Avenue, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 7NB
- Postcode
- PR7 7NB
- Capital
- 150 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-07-03
- Next due by
- 2027-07-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 33190 Repair of other equipment
- 46690 Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Nicholas Correa S.A. (A28041317) — since 2026-07-17
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA881758 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 SANKYNS GREEN, LITTLE WITLEY, WORCESTER, WR6 6LQ | 2006-10-10 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 50 similar companies in PR
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (22 staff).
Trading since 2005.
No.9 of the largest repair of other equipment companies in Preston →
Competitors Preston
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5. 3DGBIRE LTD
This company ranks 9 among repair of other equipment in Preston.
The class of 2005
53%
of the 204 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 45% 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
- 2008-02-19
- Where
- Lancashire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN65233 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2008-02-19 | — |
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