DESMI LIMITED

Active
Company number 01389329Private limited companyIncorporated 1978

Key figures

£3,601,391+25.9%
Net assets 2025
+16.9%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
01 m2 m3 m4 m202020212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, DESMI LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 28131

Where the company stands among the 370 active companies whose first SIC code is 28131 (Manufacture of pumps).

Net assets£3,601,391
Higher than 80% · median £450,067
Total assets£5,705,497
Higher than 81% · median £1,081,761
Cash£838,905
Higher than 77% · median £255,085
Employees0
Lower than 65% · median 3
Company age48.2 years
Older than 84% · median 22.9 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SPIRAX GROUP PLC£1.2bn
  2. XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD£75.2m
  3. STUART TURNER LIMITED£52m
  4. NOV PROCESS & FLOW TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED£46.7m
  5. WHEELABRATOR GROUP LIMITED£43.7m
  6. WEIR ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED£43m
  7. SPP PUMPS LIMITED£38.8m
  8. GRUNDFOS PUMPS LIMITED£32.4m
  9. CONCENTRIC BIRMINGHAM LIMITED£26.7m
  10. CHARLES AUSTEN PUMPS LIMITED£26.1m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 370. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: DESMI LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

DESMI LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01389329. It was incorporated on 15 Sep 1978. Its status is active. The registered office is in Tunstall (ST6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of pumps (28131).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts. Net assets were £3,601,391, up 25.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £838,905. Total assets were £5,705,497 and total liabilities £2,044,920. The company had an average of 0 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 370 active companies whose first SIC code is 28131: By net assets it ranks higher than 80% of them (median £450,067). By total assets it ranks higher than 81% of them (median £1,081,761). By cash it ranks higher than 77% of them (median £255,085). By number of employees it ranks lower than 65% of them (median 3). It is older than 84% of them (median age 22.9 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £240.3k. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Defence (2 contracts).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, iron and steel articles, optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. 1 of 3 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 17 May 2027.

Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Cash at bank and in hand57,653221,873984,4922,344,959838,905
Total assets3,840,9534,387,5306,188,4917,087,2555,705,497
Total liabilities——3,299,8774,205,1442,044,920
Net assets / total equity2,392,4942,964,9902,867,3592,860,8563,601,391
Average number of employees151315130

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

3 contracts

DESMI LIMITED is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2016. The 2 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £240.3k.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
Ministry of Defence
2 contracts · £240.3k
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Watchkeeper Fuel Pumps Procurement‡Ministry of Defence · £205,327
  2. 704473450-RPAS/0011-CAN‡Ministry of Defence · £35,000
  3. Diesel Engine Power Packs‡Maritime & Coastguard Agency

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and rubber.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, iron and steel articles and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

49 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £3.6m, 0 employees
  2. Bjarke BROENS appointedSecretary
  3. Rene GRYWNOW appointedSecretary
  4. Emil Hyllested PETERSEN appointedDirector
  5. Lee Andrew ROBERTS resignedDirector
  6. Lee Andrew ROBERTS resignedSecretary
  7. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £2.9m, 13 employees
  8. Desmi A S ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (41)
  1. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £2.9m, 15 employees
  2. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £3m, 13 employees
  3. Lee Andrew ROBERTS appointedDirector
  4. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £2.4m, 15 employees
  5. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £1.6m, 15 employees
  6. Lee WHITE resignedSecretary
  7. Lee WHITE resignedDirector
  8. Lee Andrew ROBERTS appointedSecretary
  9. Lee WHITE appointedSecretary
  10. Lee WHITE appointedDirector
  11. Simon WITHINGTON resignedSecretary
  12. Simon WITHINGTON resignedDirector
  13. Desmi A S registered as a person with significant control
  14. Roger FLEGG resignedDirector
  15. Roger FLEGG resignedSecretary
  16. Simon WITHINGTON appointedSecretary
  17. Simon WITHINGTON appointedDirector
  18. Henrik SORENSEN resignedDirector
  19. Henrik SØRENSEN appointedDirector
  20. Andrew Crichton STRACHAN resignedDirector
  21. Andrew Crichton STRACHAN appointedDirector
  22. Lars Bo MAKWARTH resignedDirector
  23. Lars Bo MAKWARTH appointedDirector
  24. Mogens RAVN resignedDirector
  25. Michael BEHRENDSEN resignedDirector
  26. Hans-Jorgen HANSEN resignedDirector
  27. Kai LARSEN resignedDirector
  28. Mogens RAVN appointedDirector
  29. Michael BEHRENDSEN appointedDirector
  30. Jos NIJENKAMP resignedDirector
  31. Norman Kenneth OAKES resignedSecretary
  32. Norman Kenneth OAKES resignedDirector
  33. Roger FLEGG appointedSecretary
  34. Karsten HOJMARK resignedDirector
  35. Hans Eric FROST resignedDirector
  36. Roger FLEGG appointedDirector
  37. Hans-Jorgen HANSEN appointedDirector
  38. Henrik SORENSEN appointedDirector
  39. Karsten HOJMARK appointedDirector
  40. Jos NIJENKAMP appointedDirector
  41. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.