S.D.C. BUILDERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
Cash
£38M
-7.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+15.1% vs 2024
Employees
358
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+33.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- S.D.C. BUILDERS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- SURVEY DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1976-03-26 → 1980-12-31
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 | £246,923,160 | £237,113,565 | |
| Operating profit | £1,013,674 | £2,068,169 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,547,632 | £4,736,537 | |
| Net profit | £2,631,059 | £3,355,322 | |
| Cash | £41,646,860 | £38,429,639 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,864,207 | £24,314,452 | |
| Net assets | £19,865,258 | £22,870,580 | |
| Equity | £19,865,258 | £22,870,580 | |
| Average employees | 369 | 358 | |
| Wages | £23,248,956 | £23,629,356 |
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 | 0.4% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.15x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Andrew Ronald | Secretary | 2015-05-14 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Carl Stephen | Director | 2020-07-01 | Sep 1985 | British |
| CHANGER, Daniel Julian Marcus | Director | 2020-07-01 | Nov 1978 | British |
| KNAGGS, Adam Ratliffe | Director | 2014-01-02 | Mar 1977 | British |
| MITCHELL, Andrew Ronald | Director | 2020-07-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Jonathan | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1985 | British |
| SHINER, Andrew Mark | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
| WYKES, Gary Lloyd | Director | 2003-01-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEDSOM, David Alan | Secretary | — | 1997-04-01 |
| LOWNDES, Martin Alan | Secretary | 1997-04-01 | 2015-05-14 |
| BRADBURY, Mark William | Director | 2007-03-30 | 2011-12-31 |
| EBSWORTH, Robert | Director | — | 2014-06-30 |
| FAKE, David | Director | — | 2001-06-29 |
| FOX, Brian William | Director | — | 2007-09-28 |
| JOHNSON, Roger William | Director | — | 2002-07-23 |
| LEDSOM, David Alan | Director | 1976-03-26 | 2007-09-28 |
| LEDSOM, David Alan | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| LOWNDES, Martin Alan | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2024-01-01 |
| MILLAR, Craig William | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2020-09-01 |
| REYNOLDS, Robert | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| SHINER, Francis Peter, Mr. | Director | 1994-10-04 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Richardson | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Ronald Mitchell | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Carl Stephen Bennett | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Mark Shiner | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Daniel Julian Marcus Changer | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Francis Peter Shiner | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
| Mr Martin Alan Lowndes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-01 |
| Mr Craig William Millar | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-01 |
| Mr Gary Lloyd Wykes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Adam Ratliffe Knaggs | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Sdc (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-4%
£246,923,160 £237,113,565
-
Cash
-7.7%
£41,646,860 £38,429,639
-
Net assets
+15.1%
£19,865,258 £22,870,580
-
Employees
-3%
369 358
-
Operating profit
+104%
£1,013,674 £2,068,169
-
Profit before tax
+33.5%
£3,547,632 £4,736,537
-
Wages
+1.6%
£23,248,956 £23,629,356
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