VINCENT DAVIES & SON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-19 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-2.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-1.3% vs 2024
Employees
107
+9.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£368K
-52.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-29 | 2025-01-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,596,426 | £7,713,516 | |
| Operating profit | £674,105 | £251,054 | |
| Profit before tax | £775,815 | £368,001 | |
| Net profit | £530,825 | £246,030 | |
| Cash | £3,343,034 | £3,254,750 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,475,219 | £7,377,467 | |
| Net assets | £7,343,813 | £7,248,247 | |
| Equity | £7,343,813 | £7,248,247 | |
| Average employees | 98 | 107 | |
| Wages | £1,871,504 | £2,117,488 |
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 | 2024-01-29 | 2025-01-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.2% | 18.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.47x | 3.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | 385.05x |
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
- Ashmole and Co.
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During the period the company undertook significant works to redevelop both its cafeteria and garden centre facilities. It continued to develop its product lines as part of its ongoing drive to improve its customer shopping experience.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Lindsey | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | — | British |
| HUGHES, Lindsey | Director | 1996-05-10 | Aug 1972 | British |
| JOHN, Graham | Director | 2012-09-05 | Dec 1973 | British |
| JOHN, Sarah | Director | 2004-01-01 | May 1976 | British |
| VINCENT-DAVIES, Stephen, Dr | Director | — | May 1945 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINCENT-DAVIES, Stephen, Dr | Secretary | — | 2006-02-01 |
| ASHTON, Charles Robert | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| VINCENT-DAVIES, Brenda Lynne | Director | — | 2022-03-29 |
| VINCENT-DAVIES, John | Director | — | 1997-07-06 |
| VINCENT-DAVIES, Mary Hilda Jean | Director | — | 1995-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sarah John | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-03-28 | Active |
| Mrs Lindsey Hughes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-03-28 | Active |
| Dr Stephen Vincent-Davies | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-12 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-27 vs 2024-01-29
-
Turnover
+1.5%
£7,596,426 £7,713,516
-
Cash
-2.6%
£3,343,034 £3,254,750
-
Net assets
-1.3%
£7,343,813 £7,248,247
-
Employees
+9.2%
98 107
-
Operating profit
-62.8%
£674,105 £251,054
-
Profit before tax
-52.6%
£775,815 £368,001
-
Wages
+13.1%
£1,871,504 £2,117,488
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