DPM Legal Services Limited
Registered name: DPM LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Martyn Rose Limited groupDPM Legal Services Limited made £821k revenue and £78.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
DPM Legal Services Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £821k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £78.5k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Godalming; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Godalming, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £706k | £821k |
| Operating profit | £94.9k | £61.7k |
| Profit before tax | £94.7k | £103k |
| Profit after tax | £78.2k | £78.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £78.2k | £78.5k |
| Staff costs | £448k | £536k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.1% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £88.3k | £91.3k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £108k | £85.6k |
| Net assets | £196k | £274k |
| Fixed assets | £8.1k | £9.1k |
| Current assets | £332k | £414k |
| Debtors | £64.5k | £117k |
| Deferred income | £32.7k | £34.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲40%
- Now £274k
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £85.6k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £34.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £9.1k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Martyn Rose Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Dentons Holdings PLC75–100%
- DPM Legal Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Dentons Pension Management LimitedRev. £13.6m · Profit £4m
- Dentons Investment Services LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £244k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £78.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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