DFS TRADING LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† DFS TRADING LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
DFS TRADING LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 47599Where the company stands among the 7,394 active companies whose first SIC code is 47599 (Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store).
- HOWDEN JOINERY LIMITED£546.2m
- DFS TRADING LIMITED£329.1m
- BARKER & STONEHOUSE LIMITED£41.9m
- FURNITURE VILLAGE LIMITED£39.5m
- GILLIES OF BROUGHTY FERRY LIMITED£24.3m
- PARLOUR PRODUCT TOPCO LIMITED£23.4m
- STOKERS LIMITED£22.7m
- SCOTSDALE NURSERY AND GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED£21.8m
- VALE FURNISHERS LTD£21.1m
- POOKY LIGHTING LIMITED£20.5m
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 7,394. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: DFS TRADING LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
DFS TRADING LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01735950. It was incorporated on 1 Jul 1983. Its status is active. The registered office is in Adwick le street doncaster (DN6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47599).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 29 Jun 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £11,600,000. Net assets were £329,100,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £12,000,000. Total assets were £902,500,000 and total liabilities £573,400,000. The company had an average of 2,712 employees.
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 7,394 active companies whose first SIC code is 47599: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £10,753). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £78,942). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £32,685). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 96% of them (median age 6.8 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £92k, from Department for Education.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly man-made filaments, special woven fabrics, furniture and lighting. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 42 days to pay suppliers, and 4% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 6.4% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 30 Dec 2026.
Filed accounts2024/25
| 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|
| Profit for the year | 11,600,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 12,000,000 |
| Total assets | 902,500,000 |
| Total liabilities | 573,400,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 329,100,000 |
| Average number of employees | 2,712 |
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.
Government grants
2 grantsDFS TRADING LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £92k.
- Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £51,213
- Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £40,814
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 42 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 4%
- Standard payment terms
- 60–150 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 57%
- 31 to 60 days 17%
- After 60 days 26%
Earlier periods (6)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 28 Dec 2025
- 41
- 59%
- 4%
- 29 Jun 2025
- 44
- 56%
- 7%
- 29 Dec 2024
- 47
- 55%
- 9%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 44
- 56%
- 22%
- 24 Dec 2023
- 46
- 55%
- 21%
- 25 Jun 2023
- 36
- 63%
- 28%
- Median hourly pay
- women 6.4% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 8.6% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 52% lower
- Employer size
- 1000 to 4999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 9% lower
- women 10.7% lower
- 2023/24
- women 10% lower
- women 10.3% lower
- 2022/23
- women 14.8% lower
- women 14.5% lower
- 2021/22
- women 8.9% lower
- women 10.1% lower
- 2020/21
- women 12.6% lower
- women 14.5% lower
- 2019/20
- women 12.4% lower
- women 18% lower
- 2018/19
- women 16.1% lower
- women 18.8% lower
- 2017/18
- women 14.3% lower
- women 19.4% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (DFS FURNITURE PLC)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (DFS FURNITURE PLC)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (DFS FURNITURE PLC)
Earlier years (3)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (DFS FURNITURE PLC)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (DFS FURNITURE PLC)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: man-made filaments, special woven fabrics, furniture and lighting, knitted fabrics and leather goods and bags.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, machinery, electrical equipment and beverages and spirits.
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
3 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £329.1m, 2,712 employees
- Dfs Furniture Company Ltd registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.