Company Registration No. 12508686 (England and Wales)
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2025
Pages for filing with the registrar
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Contents
Page
Statement of financial position
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 12
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2025
1
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
4
362,813
1,837,879
Tangible assets
5
84,175
54,952
Investments
6
251,240
444,884
698,228
2,337,715
Current assets
Debtors
8
3,768,302
3,631,477
Cash at bank and in hand
615,887
1,145,109
4,384,189
4,776,586
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(7,532,179)
(9,635,399)
Net current liabilities
(3,147,990)
(4,858,813)
Total assets less current liabilities
(2,449,762)
(2,521,098)
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
10
-
0
(409,008)
Net liabilities
(2,449,762)
(2,930,106)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
13
1
1
Merger reserve
14
(282,577)
(282,577)
Profit and loss reserves
(2,167,186)
(2,647,530)
Total equity
(2,449,762)
(2,930,106)

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 16 July 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
A F Manuelli
Director
Company Registration No. 12508686
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2025
2
1
Accounting policies
Company information

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 30 Crown Place, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 4ES.

1.1
Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under FRS 102 Section 1A from preparing a cash flow statement, on the grounds that it is a qualifying entity.

1.2
Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company has the continued financial support from its parent company who have provided loan finance to date. The existing parent company loan balance of £5,774,052 is interest free and, whilst recorded as a creditor due within one year, the parent undertaking note this will not be recalled in the going concern period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.

 

The company has prepared financial forecasts covering a 12 month period from the date of approval of these financial statements. In preparing these forecasts, the group has considered the principal areas of uncertainty within the forecasts and the underlying assumptions, in particular those relating to market risks, cost management and working capital management. The directors acknowledge there are potentially significant sensitivities to the financial forecast given the current trading conditions and factors outside of the company control. These forecasts show that the company continues to have sufficient levels of cash for the forecast period with the ongoing financial support from its ultimate parent undertaking.

 

Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
3
1.3
Revenue

Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.

 

When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.

The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:

Revenue from contracts for the provision of professional services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.

1.4
Intangible fixed assets - goodwill

Goodwill represents the difference between the cost of investment in subsidiaries and the fair value of net assets acquired.

 

Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life, which is 10 years.

 

Where a cap has been applied to the carrying value of goodwill following the hive up of trade and assets of a subsidiary the value is limited to the initial goodwill that would have been recognised on acquisition, less any cumulative amortisation that would have been charged had the goodwill been recognised from the date of acquisition.

 

For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the cash-generating units expected to benefit from the hive-up that occurred on 31 March 2024. Cash generating units to which the goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired.

1.5
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Fixtures and fittings
3 years straight line
Computers
3 years straight line

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
4
1.6
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.7
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.8
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.9
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
5
Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.10
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.11
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
6

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.12
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.13
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.14
Leases
As lessee

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.15
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
7
2
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements

The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Goodwill amortisation period

The determination of the amortisation period requires management's judgement and is based on an assessment of the future economic benefits arising from the underlying business activities.

 

For the current year, management has assessed the useful economic life of goodwill to be 10 years, which is considered to reflect the period over which the benefits are expected to be realised. the estimate is reviewed annually and revised if circumstances change.

Carrying value of intangible assets

Management assess the carrying value of intangible assets annually, considering indicators of impairment at each reporting date in accordance with FRS102. Where indicators exist, the recoverable amount of the asset or cash generating unit is determined as the higher of the present value of all future cash flows and the fair value less costs to sell. These calculations require significant management judgement in relation to future forecasts, discount rates, and growth rates.

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
57
41
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
8
4
Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025
1,986,896
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
149,017
Amortisation charged for the year
198,690
Impairment losses
1,276,376
At 31 December 2025
1,624,083
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
362,813
At 31 December 2024
1,837,879

The goodwill brought forward £1,986,896 represents the difference between the cost of investment in subsidiary entities and the net assets at the point at which the trade and assets of these companies was hived-up to the Company on 1 April 2024.The goodwill acquired on hive up is limited to the initial goodwill that would have been recognised at acquisition, less cumulative amortisation that would have been charged had the goodwill been recognised from the date of acquisition. This goodwill is then amortised over a useful economic life of 10 years from the point at which subsidiary entities were acquired by the Company.

5
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
26,782
125,978
152,760
Additions
-
0
65,758
65,758
At 31 December 2025
26,782
191,736
218,518
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
17,697
80,111
97,808
Depreciation charged in the year
2,659
33,876
36,535
At 31 December 2025
20,356
113,987
134,343
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
6,426
77,749
84,175
At 31 December 2024
9,085
45,867
54,952
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
9
6
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
251,240
444,884
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025 & 31 December 2025
444,884
Impairment
At 1 January 2025
-
Impairment
193,644
At 31 December 2025
193,644
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
251,240
At 31 December 2024
444,884

During the year, the company carried out a review of the carrying value of its investments in subsidiaries in accordance with FRS102. Subsequent to the year end, the company disposed of its entire shareholding in Decipher Consulting UK Limited. Accordingly, an impairment charge of £193,644 has been recognised.

7
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2025 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered office
% Held
Direct
Indirect
Decipher Consulting (UK) Limited
Sunrise House, Hulley Road, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, SK10 2LP
100
-
D P Squared Limited
30 Crown Place, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 4ES
100
-
Decipher Consulting DWC LLC
A3, Dubai world, United Arab Emirates
0
100
Decipher Programme Management Limited
Sunrise House, Hulley Road, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, SK10 2LP
0
100
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
10
8
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
979,478
666,303
Other debtors
2,788,824
2,965,174
3,768,302
3,631,477
9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
142,419
116,065
Amounts owed to ultimate parent entity
5,774,052
8,019,566
Amounts owed to other group undertakings
444,884
444,884
Corporation tax
-
0
7,204
Other taxation and social security
180,808
106,585
Other creditors
990,016
941,095
7,532,179
9,635,399

Amounts owed to group undertakings relates to balances due to the ultimate parent company Desimone Consulting Engineering, D.P.C. These amounts are unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. The amount of £5,774,052 (2024: £8,019,566) reflects intra-group funding arrangements and are settled in accordance with group policies.

10
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
£
£
Other creditors
-
0
409,008
11
Loan notes

Included within other creditors due within and over one year is £481,250 (2024: £732,622) for loan notes issued as part of the acquisition of Decipher Consulting (UK) Limited in 2023. Interest is payable at 5% per annum and the loan notes are unsecured.

 

Included within short-term creditors is £301,005 (2024: £301,005) payable to directors as part of the acquisition of DP Squared Limited in 2023.

12
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
12
Operating lease commitments (continued)
11

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Total commitments
205,517
356,284
13
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 0.1p each
1,000
1
1
1

On 23 October 2025, the company subdivided its share capital from 1 ordinary share of £1 each to 1,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each.

14
Merger Reserve
2025
2024
£
£
At 1 January 2025
(282,577)
-
Transfer on hive up
-
(282,577)
At 31 December 2025
(282,577)
(282,577)

Merger Reserve is amounts arising from intra-group transactions and restructuring activities, including the hive up of subsidiary undertakings carried out in the financial year ended 31 December 2024.

 

These reserves are not distributable and are presented separately from retained earnings to reflect their origin and nature.

15
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

DeSimone Consulting Engineering UK, Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2025
15
Audit report information (continued)
12
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Roger Weston
Statutory Auditors:
Saffery LLP
Date of audit report:
16 July 2026
16
Events after the reporting date

On 31 March 2026 the company disposed of its 100% holding in Decipher Consulting (UK) Limited.

17
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption contained in FRS 102 section 33 "Related Party Disclosures" from disclosing transactions with entities which are a wholly owned part of the group.

18
Parent company

The smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up is headed by DeSimone Consulting Engineering D.P.C, whose registered office is 140 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY, 10005 United States.

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