{"name":"DBE SERVICES LIMITED","company_number":"05531123","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2005-08-08","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Clayton House Walker Industrial Estate, Walker Road, Guide, Blackburn, England, BB1 2QE","postcode":"BB1 2QE","sic_codes":[{"code":82110,"description":"Combined office administrative service activities"}],"principal_activity":"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.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":13,"accounts_date":"2023-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","turnover":2914687,"net_assets":34301,"cash":370238,"average_employees":13},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","turnover":2812941,"net_assets":273578,"cash":690627,"average_employees":8}],"officers":{"current":12,"resigned":32,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://dbeservices.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/dbe-services","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/dbe-services/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/dbe-services/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05531123","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/dbe-services/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/dbe-services/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/dbe-services/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/dbe-services"}