DAINTON GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
-99.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
-14.2% vs 2023
Employees
52
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+7% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,471,769 | £11,810,807 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,809,538 | £5,112,180 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £4,685,212 | £5,011,668 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £3,526,859 | £3,739,107 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £1,583,859 | £1,252 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £30,514,927 | £26,537,647 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £26,414,120 | £22,653,227 | |
| Equity | £18,527,391 | £18,409,739 | £23,549,553 | £25,387,261 | £26,414,120 | £22,653,227 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 52 | 52 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,641,297 | £1,854,548 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 41.9% | 43.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 30.7% | 31.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 22.6% | 25.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.93x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 36.11x | 48.98x |
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
- Thompson Jenner LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DAINTON GROUP SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Dainton Portable Buildings Limited 100%
- Dainton Self Store Limited 100%
- Dainton Portable Building Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors do not envisage the business of the company changing in the foreseeable future, but continually look for opportunities for further expansion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Lisa Jane | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
| MADDICOTT, Paul Gregory | Director | 1996-02-06 | Aug 1975 | British |
| RAMSAY, Michael | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WINSLOW, James Mckenzie | Director | 2022-01-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMESON, Jenney | Secretary | 2010-07-09 | 2010-12-17 |
| MADDICOTT, Paul Gregory | Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2010-07-09 |
| MAY, John Charles Lionel | Secretary | — | 2002-09-20 |
| REED, Rodney Leonard George | Secretary | 2002-09-20 | 2005-04-01 |
| DUNCAN, Shaun Robert | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2022-09-23 |
| DUNCAN, Shaun | Director | 2005-07-04 | 2006-02-24 |
| HANNAFORD, Ian Cyril | Director | — | 1994-11-12 |
| HUMPHREY, David George | Director | — | 2005-07-01 |
| MADDICOTT, David William | Director | — | 2009-05-14 |
| MAY, John Charles Lionel | Director | — | 2002-09-20 |
| REED, Rodney Leonard George | Director | — | 2005-04-01 |
| SANDERS, Andrew John | Director | 2018-08-13 | 2022-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denvern Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+3%
£11,471,769 £11,810,807
-
Cash
-99.9%
£1,583,859 £1,252
-
Net assets
-14.2%
£26,414,120 £22,653,227
-
Employees
0%
52 52
-
Operating profit
+6.3%
£4,809,538 £5,112,180
-
Profit before tax
+7%
£4,685,212 £5,011,668
-
Wages
+13%
£1,641,297 £1,854,548
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