DAVID ALLEN HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-05 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£50K
-42.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-1.9% vs 2023
Employees
9
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-29.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DAVID ALLEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 1985-07-10 → present
- DAVID ALLEN & SONS LIMITED 1966-08-30 → 1985-07-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,254,437 | £2,086,222 | |
| Operating profit | -£30,353 | -£14,550 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,128,984 | £2,207,779 | |
| Net profit | £3,175,947 | £2,207,779 | |
| Cash | £87,890 | £50,320 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,064,734 | £4,964,066 | |
| Net assets | £5,042,662 | £4,944,546 | |
| Equity | £5,042,662 | £4,944,546 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | £228,813 | £237,458 |
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 | -1.3% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 140.9% | 105.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.6% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.5% | 32.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | -46.99x | -1.78x |
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
- Forvis Mazars
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. There are no material uncertainties present for the company to continue as a going concern. In assessing the appropriateness of the going concern basis, the directors have taken account of all relevant information covering a period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DAVID ALLEN HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- JCDecaux Ireland Limited 100%
- Solar Holdings Limited 100%
- David Allen Poster Sites Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end the company received and paid a dividend of stg£2,150,854 and stg£2,234,195 respectively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Joanne Elred | Secretary | 2004-11-22 | — | Irish |
| MANNION, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2006-10-01 | Jan 1969 | Irish |
| MULLEADY, Julie Patricia | Director | 2008-05-01 | May 1972 | Irish |
| O'FLANAGAN, Tony | Director | 2012-04-16 | Jan 1970 | Irish |
| ROBERTS, Nicholas Joseph | Director | 2006-10-01 | Dec 1969 | Irish |
| SHERRY, Andy Joseph | Director | 2008-08-20 | Jul 1973 | Irish |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOT, Nicholas Robert | Secretary | 1994-10-31 | 1996-12-20 |
| SANKAR, Parvathi | Secretary | 1997-06-09 | 2000-04-20 |
| SCHLUMBERGER, Isabelle | Secretary | 1996-12-20 | 1997-06-09 |
| SMITH, Richard Frederick | Secretary | 1992-12-11 | 1994-10-31 |
| THOMAS, Philip Idris James | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2004-11-22 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Nicholas | Secretary | 2000-04-20 | 2001-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Ursula Lorraine | Secretary | — | 1992-12-11 |
| AUBERTIN, Martine Louise | Director | — | 1994-09-01 |
| AURAND, Frederic Louis | Director | 1998-05-13 | 1999-07-19 |
| BOLELLI, Jacques Edmond Rene | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1999-07-19 |
| BOUTINARD-ROUELLE, Michel, Monsieur | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| CLEARY, Niamh | Director | 1995-12-11 | 2010-07-15 |
| COOTE, Paul Edward | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2008-08-20 |
| COOTE, Paul Edward | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1995-06-22 |
| DECAUX, Jean-Francois | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2001-06-29 |
| DEIGHAN, David | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| DOWDALL, Michael | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| ENRIGHT, Helen Johnstone | Director | 1996-06-17 | 1996-08-27 |
| FAVREUL, Bertrand Dominique Marie | Director | 1998-05-13 | 1999-07-19 |
| HAGUENIER, Antoine | Director | 2025-01-17 | 2025-09-03 |
| HAINES, Lawrence Richard | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2001-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Ailish Mary | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| JEANJEAN, Pierre Michel Marie | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2001-12-31 |
| LIVRELLI, Andre Joseph | Director | — | 1993-06-15 |
| MIALARET, Claire | Director | 1997-05-01 | 1998-11-10 |
| O'CUILLEANAIN, Colm | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| OBOYLE, Roisin | Director | — | 2000-03-14 |
| PUGH, Daid John | Director | 1998-01-15 | 1999-07-05 |
| RAYNAUT, Jean-Jacues Camille | Director | 1994-10-01 | 1998-05-13 |
| SANTINI, Philippe Emile | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| SCHLUMBERGER, Isabelle | Director | 1994-09-01 | 2000-05-25 |
| STURDY, George | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Philip Idris James | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2006-12-01 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Nicholas | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2001-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jean-Francois Decaux | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-7.5%
£2,254,437 £2,086,222
-
Cash
-42.7%
£87,890 £50,320
-
Net assets
-1.9%
£5,042,662 £4,944,546
-
Employees
0%
9 9
-
Operating profit
+52.1%
-£30,353 -£14,550
-
Profit before tax
-29.4%
£3,128,984 £2,207,779
-
Wages
+3.8%
£228,813 £237,458
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