DURAL (U K) LTD.
Company number 02715034 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Dural (UK) Limited is a well-capitalised, consistently profitable niche distributor of specialist construction chemicals, benefiting from strong German parent company backing and an exceptionally robust balance sheet with near-90% equity backing. However, the business exhibits characteristics of underleveraged capital deployment – the 8.7x current ratio and sub-sector-norm ROE of ~8.6% suggest liquidity is being retained rather than optimally deployed. The dramatic 233% stock build in FY2024, alongside collapsing trade creditors, points to either strategic Brexit-related inventory buffering or group-directed cash flow management. The company's niche positioning provides resilience but limits scale advantages in an increasingly challenging UK construction market.
Shareholders' funds
£2,858,847
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-05-15
- Employees
- 20 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 6a Wakefield Business Centre, Denby Dale Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 7AZ
- Postcode
- WF2 7AZ
- Capital
- 2,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- 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
- 2026-05-15
- Next due by
- 2027-05-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43999 Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 14 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB064461 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- dural.co.uk
- Phone
- 0196078431372
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| P F J'S (UK) LIMITED | 1993-07-28 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 40 MONCKTON ROAD IND, ESTATE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7AL | 2010-08-03 |
| 3 HARBOUR HILL ROAD, POOLE, DORSET, BH15 3PX | 2001-08-13 |
| FAIRSTOWE CHAMBERS, LIBRARY ROAD, FERNDOWN, DORSET. BH22 9JW | 1995-03-29 |
| FAIRSTOWE CHAMBERS, LIBRARY ROAD, FERNDOWN, DORSET. BH22 9JW | 1995-03-29 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 224 similar companies in WF
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (20 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1992.
Competitors Wakefield
This company ranks 5 among other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified in Wakefield.
The class of 1992
47%
of the 290 companies in this sector incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 50% 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
- 2016-01-25
- Where
- West Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY62485 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2016-01-25 | — |
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