ERITH CONTRACTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-28
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£30M
+9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-0.7% vs 2024
Employees
407
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
-15% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-28.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ERITH CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1987-03-20 → present
- ERITH DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LIMITED 1973-03-15 → 1987-03-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £243,164,408 | £273,966,019 | |
| Operating profit | £8,346,172 | £7,032,718 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,009,323 | £7,658,214 | |
| Net profit | £6,886,954 | £6,083,778 | |
| Cash | £27,066,915 | £29,728,199 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,630,061 | £23,403,486 | |
| Net assets | £23,630,061 | £23,463,839 | |
| Equity | £23,630,061 | £23,463,839 | |
| Average employees | 401 | 407 | |
| Wages | £25,226,425 | £26,522,865 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.3% | 30.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.0% | 79.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.25x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company is part of the wider Erith Holdings limited group (referred to as the Erith Group) and as at the 30 September 2025, the Erith Group has substantial cash reserves and a significant level of secured orders. The Directors regularly review the working capital requirements of the Erith Group and prepare profit, cash flow and covenant forecasts which include economic uncertainties. The Erith Group is financed through a revolving credit facility which were successfully renegotiated for an additional term of 3 years and is now due for repayment in September 2028. After making enquiries and considering the factors and sensitivities applied, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Erith Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. The Directors of the Erith Group have provided a letter of support that the Erith Group will provide sufficient operational and financial support to the company to enable it, in the normal course of business, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are authorised for issue. Thus, the Directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- ERITH CONTRACTORS LIMITED · parent
- Swanton Consulting Limited 100%
- Erith Connect Limited 70%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARSEY, Steven Thomas | Secretary | 2003-08-08 | — | English |
| DARSEY, Tony | Director | — | Feb 1961 | English |
| MAY, Steven James | Director | 2015-10-01 | Mar 1985 | English |
| MCGAHAN, Jamie | Director | 2023-03-24 | Apr 1986 | English |
| MOYLAN, David Patrick | Director | 2023-03-24 | Sep 1985 | Irish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, David John Hallett | Secretary | 1999-10-20 | 1999-10-26 |
| HAYNES, David Ian | Secretary | 1998-12-23 | 2001-09-30 |
| KENNY, Derek Joseph | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2003-08-08 |
| SMITH, Gwendoline Florence | Secretary | — | 1998-12-23 |
| COGLEY, Declan Aidan | Director | 2023-03-24 | 2024-01-31 |
| DARSEY, David John | Director | 1993-08-02 | 2022-06-01 |
| HOLDSWORTH, Neil Duncan | Director | 1993-08-02 | 1999-03-31 |
| KENNY, Derek Joseph | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2003-08-08 |
| MENZIES, Barry | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2023-01-03 |
| STOKES, Victoria | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2026-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erith Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
+12.7%
£243,164,408 £273,966,019
-
Cash
+9.8%
£27,066,915 £29,728,199
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£23,630,061 £23,463,839
-
Employees
+1.5%
401 407
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Operating profit
-15.7%
£8,346,172 £7,032,718
-
Profit before tax
-15%
£9,009,323 £7,658,214
-
Wages
+5.1%
£25,226,425 £26,522,865
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