DON-BUR (BODIES AND TRAILERS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£27M
+46.4% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£30M
+45.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
498
+6.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£15M
+50.7% highest in 5 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DON-BUR (BODIES AND TRAILERS) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- GRAMGREY LIMITED 1981-07-02 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £42,416,000 | £53,713,000 | — | £85,107,000 | £93,308,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,206,000 | £2,533,000 | — | £9,880,000 | £14,463,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,206,000 | £2,535,000 | £5,334,000 | £9,929,000 | £14,967,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £939,000 | £1,962,000 | £4,282,000 | £7,815,000 | £11,466,000 | |
| Cash | — | £9,785,000 | £9,524,000 | £11,035,000 | £18,538,000 | £27,146,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,418,000 | £22,533,000 | £19,986,000 | £26,008,000 | £34,720,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £14,817,000 | £16,239,000 | £13,934,000 | £20,496,000 | £29,898,000 | |
| Equity | £14,108,000 | £14,817,000 | £16,239,000 | £13,934,000 | £20,496,000 | £29,898,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 476 | 455 | 457 | 468 | 498 | |
| Wages | — | — | £12,889,000 | £14,301,000 | £16,795,000 | £18,584,000 |
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 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.8% | 4.7% | — | 11.6% | 15.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.2% | 3.7% | — | 9.2% | 12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.9% | 11.2% | — | 38.0% | 41.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 56.8% | 47.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.09x | 2.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | 67.00x | 17.35x | — | 47.27x | 79.91x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the directors believe the company to be a going concern and have adopted this assumption in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DON-BUR (BODIES AND TRAILERS) LIMITED · parent
- Temperature Controlled Technology Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2023/24 sets a new benchmark for the company in terms of both turnover achieved and profitability.”
- “Turnover now stands at over £93.3m, a further 9.6% increase on that of the prior year.”
- “Profitability has also increased through the efficiencies that we have gained in our main site operations by concentrating on large batch orders.”
- “Profit before tax rose from £9.9m in 22/23 to £15.0m in 23/24, which is a 51.5% increase.”
- “Investing in another large format laser cutter which will strengthen our fabrication department and bring new efficiencies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSHNELL, Andrew | Secretary | 2013-12-06 | — | — |
| BURTON, David Mark | Director | 1997-02-06 | Feb 1966 | British |
| BURTON, Deborah Jane | Director | 1997-02-06 | Jun 1964 | British |
| BURTON, Donald | Director | — | Oct 1933 | British |
| BUSHNELL, Andrew | Director | 2015-11-26 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CHALLINOR, Daniel James | Director | 2024-01-15 | Nov 1980 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Christopher | Director | 2016-11-07 | Oct 1966 | British |
| RIDGWAY, Ashley Peter | Director | 2024-09-06 | Sep 1991 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, John Kevin | Secretary | — | 1995-09-22 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Richard Jeffery | Secretary | 2000-07-19 | 2013-12-06 |
| COLLIS, Ronald Stephen Paul | Secretary | 1995-09-22 | 2000-07-19 |
| ARCHER, John Kevin | Director | — | 1995-09-22 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Richard Jeffery | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2013-12-06 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Richard Jeffery | Director | 2000-04-17 | 2001-03-08 |
| BONSMANN, Reiner | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2014-05-02 |
| COOMBES, Robert Christopher | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-01-19 |
| GLEN, Geraint Robert Andrew | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-02-29 |
| HUDSON, Mark | Director | 2020-10-20 | 2023-07-31 |
| KNIGHTON, Harry Keith | Director | 1995-07-21 | 2000-04-10 |
| RICHARDSON, Andrew | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2011-06-20 |
| SHUFFLEBOTHAM, Raymond John | Director | 2014-06-12 | 2017-05-22 |
| STUBBS, Christopher | Director | 2018-06-04 | 2019-04-02 |
| TURNER, Rory | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2019-06-30 |
| WHEELER, Gerald | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2008-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Donald Burton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-01-02 | Ceased 2020-04-10 |
| Don-Bur (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-28 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-28 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+9.6%
£85,107,000 £93,308,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+46.4%
£18,538,000 £27,146,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+45.9%
£20,496,000 £29,898,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+6.4%
468 498
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+46.4%
£9,880,000 £14,463,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+50.7%
£9,929,000 £14,967,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+10.7%
£16,795,000 £18,584,000
highest in 4 filed years
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