DONALD WARD LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

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 2025 financial year, the Company traded from sites in Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Chesterfield, York, Burton-on-Trent and Cardiff. The Immingham and Barking sites were closed during the year as part of an ongoing programme to consolidate operations.”
• “During the period and up to the date of this report, the company maintained liability insurance and third-party indemnification provisions for its directors, under which the company has agreed to indemnify the directors to the extent permitted by law in respect of all liabilities to third parties arising out of, or in connection with, the execution of their powers, duties and responsibilities as directors or the company.”
• “At 31 March 2025, the company had entered into contracts for the forward sale of US Dollars for the contracted value of £23,066,270 (2024: £28,884,311). The contracts relate to specific customer sales contracts where the settlement currency is US dollars. The contracts mature between the months of April and September 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -2.1%

  £240,856,262 → £235,707,793

• Cash

  -56.3%

  £383,038 → £167,308

• Net assets

  +4.6%

  £43,071,401 → £45,045,902

• Employees

  -2%

  400 → 392

• Operating profit

  +29.2%

  £4,465,085 → £5,767,856

• Profit before tax

  +44.6%

  £1,845,132 → £2,668,566

• Wages

  +1.2%

  £16,755,182 → £16,959,045

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