DAVIS SCHOTTLANDER & DAVIS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-40.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+5.5% vs 2023
Employees
51
-7.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£503K
+75.9% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £13,081,369 | £13,518,059 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £60,871 | £298,425 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £285,824 | £502,873 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £234,847 | £428,873 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £8,715,480 | £5,170,081 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £7,867,812 | £8,296,685 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,867,812 | £8,296,685 | |
| Equity | £5,392,032 | £5,553,873 | — | — | — | £7,867,812 | £8,296,685 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | 51 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,794,121 | £3,623,641 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 37.9% | 17.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.63x | 5.81x |
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
- Newton & Garner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “There were no events post the balance sheet date that affected the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORCORAN, Simon Paul | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| SCHOTTLANDER, Brian Dennis, Dr | Director | — | Oct 1943 | British |
| SCHOTTLANDER, Ian James | Director | 2009-07-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| SCHOTTLANDER, Susan Ann | Director | — | Mar 1947 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEMON, Guy Patrick | Secretary | — | 1998-09-29 |
| PEACOCK, Paul William | Secretary | 1998-10-12 | 2015-12-17 |
| SEAMAN, Mark | Secretary | 2015-12-18 | 2025-03-31 |
| LADHA, Mohammed Kassamally | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| SCHOTTLANDER, Rachel | Director | — | 1996-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Brian Dennis Schottlander | Individual | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
+3.3%
£13,081,369 £13,518,059
-
Cash
-40.7%
£8,715,480 £5,170,081
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£7,867,812 £8,296,685
-
Employees
-7.3%
55 51
-
Operating profit
+390.3%
£60,871 £298,425
-
Profit before tax
+75.9%
£285,824 £502,873
-
Wages
-4.5%
£3,794,121 £3,623,641
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