W.H. DAVIS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£234K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
64
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-09-30
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- W.H. DAVIS LIMITED 1986-10-24 → present
- W.H. DAVIS (1984) LIMITED 1984-06-27 → 1986-10-24
- CALMKERRY LIMITED 1984-03-06 → 1984-06-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,093,812 | £6,252,016 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,479,044 | -£2,241,571 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,362,337 | -£2,248,896 | |
| Net profit | -£987,635 | -£1,680,918 | |
| Cash | £766,626 | £234,370 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,099,843 | £3,418,931 | |
| Net assets | £5,099,843 | £3,418,931 | |
| Equity | £5,099,843 | £3,418,931 | |
| Average employees | 90 | 64 | |
| Wages | £2,771,420 | £2,444,576 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -11.3% | -35.9% | |
| Net margin | -7.5% | -26.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -29.0% | -65.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.5% | 67.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | -49.02x | -71.17x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have assessed that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. At the time of approving the financial statements, the Company's ultimate parent company, Buckland Gorup limited, have confirmed that they will provide financial support to the Company for the next twelve months where necessary. The directors therefore believe it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “The company continues to successfully deliver new wagons to key clients. A new speculative build approach has proved a success in reducing lead times to clients and therefore opening up opportunities that would have been missed in a highly competitive market.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAGG, Paul Roger | Director | 2022-02-17 | May 1970 | British |
| BRYANT, Leslie Robert | Director | 2022-02-17 | Jan 1962 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Andrew | Director | 2023-10-23 | Jan 1975 | British |
| SPENCER, Stephen Raymond | Director | — | Jun 1952 | British |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Mark Edward | Director | 2009-07-23 | Oct 1964 | British |
| TRAVERS, Noel James | Director | 2025-01-28 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Secretary | 2002-10-31 | 2017-02-28 |
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Secretary | — | 1998-11-03 |
| WARDLE, George Alfred | Secretary | 1998-11-03 | 2002-11-27 |
| BLACKWELL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-10-23 |
| BRADLEY, David Grayson | Director | — | 2009-07-23 |
| BURGE, Malcolm Stanley | Director | — | 2007-11-23 |
| GREENWOOD, Stewart Clifford | Director | 2005-02-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| HAMER, Jonathan | Director | 2022-02-17 | 2023-06-30 |
| HARBORD, David Christopher | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2022-02-17 |
| HARROLD, Tracy | Director | 2023-10-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| HART, David Mcknight | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2012-09-30 |
| HORNER, David Alistair | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2015-03-25 |
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2017-02-28 |
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Director | — | 1998-11-03 |
| MARKWELL, Andrew | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2018-05-31 |
| SHARPE, Derrick | Director | — | 2009-07-23 |
| SHARPE, Timothy Charles | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Robin | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2016-05-12 |
| WARDLE, George Alfred | Director | — | 2002-10-31 |
| WHELPTON, Ian Arthur | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2015-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W H Davis (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30