DUNHILLS (PONTEFRACT) P L C
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
-51.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£147M
+11.2% vs 2023
Employees
752
+4.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£41M
+30.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £270,792,888 | £291,559,354 | |
| Operating profit | £32,887,140 | £40,550,698 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,350,983 | £40,798,356 | |
| Net profit | £23,785,707 | £29,892,714 | |
| Cash | £17,423,532 | £8,509,010 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £145,394,244 | £160,915,166 | |
| Net assets | £132,514,212 | £147,406,926 | |
| Equity | £132,514,212 | £147,406,926 | |
| Average employees | 719 | 752 | |
| Wages | £26,725,077 | £30,025,363 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.6% | 25.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.82x | |
| Interest cover | — | 100.54x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “Received planning approval in January 2024 to construct a new purpose-built warehouse at Castleford site, with ground breaking in October 2024 and completion late 2025.”
- “Announced plans for a new retail store in Bluewater, the UK's fifth biggest shopping centre.”
- “Saved an estimated 160 tonnes of plastic in 2024 through initiatives to reduce plastic in mini-bags and multipack outer bags.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN, Matthew William | Secretary | 2025-07-28 | — | — |
| DIXON, Rachel Jane | Director | 2026-03-01 | Jun 1985 | British |
| JOHN, Matthew William | Director | 2025-07-28 | Aug 1975 | British |
| MURPHY, Philip | Director | 2026-03-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
| OVANS, Colin Simpson | Director | 2024-01-02 | Sep 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERLIENCO, Christian | Secretary | 2018-06-19 | 2025-07-28 |
| GOODWIN, Rory | Secretary | 2017-04-13 | 2017-09-30 |
| MAGER, Helmut August | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | 2000-01-01 |
| SCHEITHAUER, Ringo | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | 2017-04-13 |
| TEUBER, Marion Ilona | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2014-10-30 |
| WINDMANN, Frank | Secretary | 2017-10-01 | 2018-06-18 |
| WINDMANN, Frank | Secretary | 2014-10-31 | 2015-04-01 |
| WOOD, Peter | Secretary | — | 1995-01-01 |
| CERLIENCO, Christian | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2025-07-28 |
| EISENSCHENK, Karl-Heinz | Director | 1993-01-21 | 2000-01-21 |
| GODSON, Anthony Michael | Director | — | 1993-01-18 |
| GOODWIN, Rory | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| HENERIUS, Per | Director | 2004-10-30 | 2007-10-01 |
| HERMANSKI, Klaus Peter | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Jonathon Charles | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2026-02-28 |
| MAGER, Helmut August | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2004-10-30 |
| RIEGEL, Paul | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| SCHEITHAUER, Ringo | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-04-13 |
| TEUBER, Marion Ilona | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2014-10-30 |
| VENNEKENS, Herwig | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2018-10-29 |
| WINDMANN, Frank | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2024-01-02 |
| WOOD, Peter | Director | — | 1995-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+7.7%
£270,792,888 £291,559,354
-
Cash
-51.2%
£17,423,532 £8,509,010
-
Net assets
+11.2%
£132,514,212 £147,406,926
-
Employees
+4.6%
719 752
-
Operating profit
+23.3%
£32,887,140 £40,550,698
-
Profit before tax
+30.1%
£31,350,983 £40,798,356
-
Wages
+12.3%
£26,725,077 £30,025,363
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers