GOULDS (DORCHESTER) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-25

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-18 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£655K

-5.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£8M

+1% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

164

-9.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£94K

+40.7% vs 2024

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

GOULDS (DORCHESTER) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-25

Metric	2022-01-29	2022-01-31	2023-01-28	2024-01-27	2025-01-25
Turnover	—	£7,535,954	—	£11,331,139	£11,068,034
Operating profit	—	£56,236	—	£324,268	£370,550
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£66,647	£93,762
Net profit	—	-£162,639	—	£66,647	£93,762
Cash	—	£938,803	—	£695,908	£654,922
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£6,637,851	—	£12,683,111	£12,762,691
Net assets	—	£1,785,841	—	£7,612,283	£7,691,200
Equity	—	—	—	£7,612,283	£7,691,200
Average employees	—	203	—	182	164
Wages	—	£2,017,294	—	£3,016,827	£2,954,435

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	2022-01-29	2022-01-31	2023-01-28	2024-01-27	2025-01-25
Operating margin	—	0.7%	—	2.9%	3.3%
Net margin	—	-2.2%	—	0.6%	0.8%
Return on capital employed	—	0.8%	—	2.6%	2.9%
Current ratio	—	0.83x	—	1.31x	1.42x
Interest cover	—	0.26x	—	1.24x	1.33x

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: Consolidated group
Auditor: Scott Vevers Ltd
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“However with the support of all stakeholders, the Directors are continuing to proceed with cautious optimism.”

Group structure

GOULDS (DORCHESTER) LIMITED · parent
1. Fields of Sidmouth Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
2. Fields of Sidmouth Holdings Limited 100% · UK
3. Fields Property (Sidmouth) Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

“The Company borrowed additional funds to trade through the issues caused by Covid. The repayment of these loans is a continued drain on cashflow.”
“The retail sector continues to face significant uncertainties and challenges.”
“The increases in the Statutory wage rates and Employers National Insurance has created pressures on labour costs and the Directors are having to manage this carefully, whilst trying to maintain the highest possible levels of customer service.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 16 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
EDWARDS, Phillippa	Secretary	2022-04-22	—	—
GOULD, Anthony Roger	Director	2022-09-16	Dec 1973	British
GOULD, Christopher Grant	Director	2008-06-20	Jul 1981	British
RODGERS, Alan Philip	Director	2022-11-01	Dec 1975	English

Show 16 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GOULD, Stephen John	Secretary	1997-08-16	2004-01-16
KEEPING, John Maurice	Secretary	—	1997-08-16
MURPHY, Rebecca	Secretary	2012-01-04	2017-06-01
TUSON, Brian John	Secretary	2017-06-01	2022-04-01
WOOLLEY, Teresa Lesley	Secretary	2004-01-16	2012-01-04
GOULD, Anthony Roger	Director	2001-05-19	2021-03-31
GOULD, Christopher	Director	—	2002-05-29
GOULD, Philip James	Director	—	2012-07-31
GOULD, Richard Garnham	Director	—	2000-07-31
GOULD, Roger John	Director	—	2023-07-31
GOULD, Stephen John	Director	—	2004-04-16
KEEPING, John Maurice	Director	—	1994-05-21
MITCHELL, Michael Christopher Hewitson	Director	2002-03-22	2018-07-31
MURPHY, Rebecca Henrietta	Director	2008-06-20	2019-04-01
TUSON, Brian John	Director	2017-02-01	2022-04-01
WOOLLEY, Teresa Lesley	Director	2003-07-07	2012-01-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Brian John Tuson	Individual	Significant influence	2017-06-01	Ceased 2022-04-01
Mrs Rebecca Henrietta Murphy	Individual	Significant influence	2017-06-01	Ceased 2019-04-01
Mr Michael Christopher Hewitson Mitchell	Individual	Significant influence	2017-06-01	Ceased 2018-07-31
Mr Anthony Roger Gould	Individual	Significant influence	2017-06-01	Active
Mr Roger John Gould	Individual	Significant influence	2017-06-01	Active
Mr Christopher Grant Gould	Individual	Significant influence	2017-06-01	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 174 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-07-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2025-06-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-06-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-05-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type medium	PDF
2023-10-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type medium	PDF
2023-10-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-06-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-02-10	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-02-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-10-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-06-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-05-08	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-05-08	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2021-10-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-08-25	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2021-08-24	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2021-08-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-25 vs 2024-01-27

Turnover

-2.3%

£11,331,139 £11,068,034
Cash

-5.9%

£695,908 £654,922

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

+1%

£7,612,283 £7,691,200

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

-9.9%

182 164

lowest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+14.3%

£324,268 £370,550

highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax

+40.7%

£66,647 £93,762
Wages

-2.1%

£3,016,827 £2,954,435

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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