held company founded 1994 founder denys c. shortt obe headquarters stratford upon avon united kingdom key people denys c. shortt obe services distribution number of employees 320 website dcsgroup.com dcs group uk ltd formerly dcs europe plc is a seller and distributor of health beauty and household brands working through a number of subsidiary companies and based in stratford upon avon warwickshire england . 1 2 the dcs in the name is denys c. shortt obe who founded the company in 1994 . 3 the business had an annual turnover of over 149 million in 2012 . history edit the business reportedly had sales of 179.7 million in 2013 . 4 dcs group uk ltd has its own brands of beauty products enliven and natural elements . 3 the brands are exported to 70 countries worldwide . 5 in 2012 export sales fell from 16 million to 13.5 million . 6 in 2014 dcs was named as a sunday times toptrack 250 company for the second year running . 4 dcs companies edit dcs group holdings dcs inc dcs central dcs export dcs manufacturing dcs repacking dcs high street discount poundzone enliven dcs category management references edit denys shortt named chair of new coventry and warwickshire lep . birmingham post . retrieved january 13 2011 . hard times reduce links in supply chains . financial times . retrieved january 13 2011 . a b loveless helen january 8 2012 . new enterprise groups tackle host of issues and all over breakfast . daily mail . london . a b http www.fasttrack.co.uk fasttrack leagues top250leaguetable.asp siteid 5 & searchname & yr 2014 & sort num & area1 99 stratford s denys shortt branded one of the uk s great entrepreneurs after obe . coventry telegraph . retrieved february 4 2013 . dcs europe exports hit by turmoil in middle east . the grocer . retrieved february 4 2013 . 6 . forbes article http www.forbes.com sites ey 2013 11 08 5 growth strategies from health and beauty distributor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dcs europe & oldid 714685946 categories stratford upon avon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 april 2016 at 06 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view