DENHOLM COATES & CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-12 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8K
+97.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£733K
+11.8% vs 2023
Employees
3
+50% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£505K
-25.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DENHOLM COATES & CO. LIMITED 1988-07-27 → present
- MELBURY SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED 1970-08-19 → 1988-07-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,257,025 | £1,125,729 | |
| Operating profit | £624,798 | £452,487 | |
| Profit before tax | £678,192 | £504,624 | |
| Net profit | £518,608 | £377,336 | |
| Cash | £4,087 | £8,071 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £655,902 | £733,238 | |
| Equity | £655,902 | £733,238 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 3 | |
| Wages | £413,333 | £432,165 |
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 | 49.7% | 40.2% | |
| Net margin | 41.3% | 33.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.85x | 3.57x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has carried out detailed reforecasts (based on a range of possible outcomes) taking account a number of factors which could impact the business. Having been provided with this analysis, the directors, having considered these forecasts, cash resources, facilities, and projected costs (taking account of mitigation av”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIELS, Craig David George | Secretary | 2020-12-31 | — | — |
| KIRKWOOD, Scott Alexander John | Director | 2025-09-26 | May 1986 | British |
| MACLEHOSE, Benjamin Donald Robert | Director | 2016-06-01 | Feb 1981 | British |
| REVILL, Matthew | Director | 2012-07-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANSON, Gregory Albert | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2020-12-31 |
| PARKER, James Frederick Somerville | Secretary | — | 1999-09-30 |
| BEVERIDGE, Michael John | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2012-12-06 |
| BROWN, Duncan Grant | Director | 2002-08-28 | 2025-09-26 |
| BROWN, James David Denholm | Director | — | 2002-10-11 |
| DENHOLM, John Stephen | Director | 2012-12-06 | 2016-06-01 |
| DENHOLM, John Stephen | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2009-02-16 |
| SEYMOUR, Roger Alexander Francis | Director | — | 2013-04-25 |
| SLEIGH, David John | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2000-07-29 |
| SPEEDIE, Robert Fyfe | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-12-21 |
| WILLIAMS, John Hugh Humphrey | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2004-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denholm Shipping Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-10.4%
£1,257,025 £1,125,729
-
Cash
+97.5%
£4,087 £8,071
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£655,902 £733,238
-
Employees
+50%
2 3
-
Operating profit
-27.6%
£624,798 £452,487
-
Profit before tax
-25.6%
£678,192 £504,624
-
Wages
+4.6%
£413,333 £432,165
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