DEVON CONTRACTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+9.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+27.2% vs 2024
Employees
32
-11.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£425K
+21.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DEVON CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1987-06-03 → present
- HAVEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1987-04-30 → 1987-06-03
- HAVEN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED 1954-05-13 → 1987-04-30
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £20,198,686 | £23,023,622 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £293,088 | £373,014 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £349,567 | £425,122 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £257,461 | £341,463 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £4,074,245 | £4,470,861 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £1,274,448 | £1,676,047 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £1,254,562 | £1,596,025 | |
| Equity | £812,899 | £1,006,518 | £1,046,636 | £1,044,544 | £1,046,021 | £1,254,562 | £1,596,025 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 32 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,726,260 | £1,878,402 |
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 | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 23.0% | 22.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.24x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 8620.24x | 318.82x |
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
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed projections and forecasts for the next twelve months, given the level of cash held by the company, levels of reserves, lack of external financing and support of the shareholders, the directors consider the company to be a going concern and able to continue trading for the foreseeable future and will be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSON, Peter Thomas | Director | 2007-04-06 | Feb 1958 | British |
| BENNINGTON, Shaun Okey | Director | 2007-01-11 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HOARE, Andrew | Director | 2024-06-13 | Nov 1970 | British |
| O'HIGGINS, Stuart | Director | 2024-06-13 | Sep 1973 | British |
| WHELAN, Nigel Robert | Director | 2024-06-13 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNINGTON, Shaun Okey | Secretary | 1997-03-01 | 2024-06-13 |
| LUCAS, John Henry | Secretary | — | 1997-02-28 |
| BUCKLAND, Ian Trevor | Director | — | 2007-06-01 |
| CANN, Nigel Albert | Director | — | 1995-01-06 |
| COLTHORPE, John Manning | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| ENGLAND, Nicholas Michael | Director | 2007-04-06 | 2024-06-13 |
| HILSON, Peter John | Director | — | 2007-06-01 |
| HUNT, Daryn John | Director | 2007-04-06 | 2024-06-13 |
| LAMBELL, Bernard John | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| LUCAS, John Henry | Director | — | 1995-01-06 |
| MURRIN, Graham Douglas | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Contractors (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-01 | Active |
| Grindle Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+14%
£20,198,686 £23,023,622
-
Cash
+9.7%
£4,074,245 £4,470,861
-
Net assets
+27.2%
£1,254,562 £1,596,025
-
Employees
-11.1%
36 32
-
Operating profit
+27.3%
£293,088 £373,014
-
Profit before tax
+21.6%
£349,567 £425,122
-
Wages
+8.8%
£1,726,260 £1,878,402
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