DUO GROUP (U.K.) LTD
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Executive summary
DUO GROUP (U.K.) LTD is mid-transition from an operating business to a pure holding company, with all trading activities transferred to subsidiary Duo Operations Limited — a structural shift that renders its standalone financials largely unrepresentative of the group's true economic position. The persistent negative equity (£352K net liabilities) and negligible cash (£34) at the parent level signal balance sheet insolvency on a standalone basis, though auditor validation of the going concern basis implies group-level support arrangements exist. The underlying quarrying and recycling sector offers structural growth tailwinds from environmental regulation and infrastructure investment, but the company's competitive sustainability now depends entirely on the financial health and operational performance of its subsidiary — visibility into which is not available from these accounts alone.
Shareholders' funds
-£354,694
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the period under review was that of The principal activity of the company during the period was that of an investment holding company.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-06-30
- Employees
- 2 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Siskin Drive, Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry, West Midlands, England, CV3 4FJ
- Postcode
- CV3 4FJ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-19
- Next due by
- 2027-07-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74909 Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 13 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by PT MCWILLIAMS GROUP LTD — since 2023-06-19
Controlled by Patriot Fjarfesting Ehf (NONE) — 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 — ZB059055 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- duogroup.co.uk
Processing solutions for the Quarrying, Aggregate, Recycling & Handling Industries. Duo has a history that dates back to 1981. Duo Group Holdings Ltd.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DUO ASSETS LIMITED | 2021-03-09 |
| DENBOW ASSETS LIMITED | 2018-11-13 |
| DENBOW INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 2016-04-01 |
| CRESTFREE LIMITED | 2004-09-28 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE COTTAGE, 6 HILLSIDE CRESCENT, HOLLAND ON SEA, ESSEX, CO15 6PB | 2020-11-24 |
| FORESTERS HALL 25-27 WESTOW STREET, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3RY | 2014-05-14 |
| DENBOW BARTON DENBOW, FARRINGDON, EXETER, DEVON, EX5 2HT | 2011-02-08 |
| 7 ROUNDRIDGE ROAD, CAPEL ST. MARY, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP9 2UG, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-06-25 |
| 788-790 FINCHLEY ROAD, LONDON, NW11 7TJ | 2004-07-16 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 512 similar companies in CV, with 2 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Coventry
This company ranks 690 among other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified in Coventry.
The class of 2004
38%
of the 2,048 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.