HUGH DAVIES ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£212K
+28.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+61.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
22
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+30.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HUGH DAVIES ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1986-09-04 → present
- SENTMILL LIMITED 1986-03-11 → 1986-09-04
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £2,622,619 | £2,828,087 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,033,228 | £1,313,689 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,003,552 | £1,310,118 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £776,869 | £982,589 | |
| Cash | £303,496 | £491,633 | £382,274 | £164,842 | £211,800 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £394,017 | £344,897 | £494,301 | £1,690,254 | £2,619,215 | |
| Net assets | £389,971 | £340,100 | £490,865 | £1,596,731 | £2,579,320 | |
| Equity | £389,971 | £340,100 | £490,865 | £1,596,731 | £2,579,320 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £943,039 | £925,781 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 39.4% | 46.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 29.6% | 34.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 61.1% | 50.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 28.6% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.84x | 6.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 32.50x | 206.65x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue to trade for at least 12 months from the date of signing of this report and consequently, have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No events have occurred between the balance sheet date and the date of this report, which have had an adjusting or non-adjusting impact on the results and amounts disclosed in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Katherine | Director | 2023-10-01 | Apr 1989 | British |
| ETHERINGTON, Robin Anthony | Director | 1993-01-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| HAWLEY, Danielle Marie | Director | 2022-12-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Martin Patrick | Director | 2021-12-17 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Jean | Secretary | 1994-06-15 | 2010-11-08 |
| DAVIES, David Aubrey Llewelyn | Secretary | 1992-12-18 | 1994-06-15 |
| ETHERINGTON, Zane Ranier | Secretary | 2010-11-08 | 2022-01-21 |
| HICKMAN, Margaret Diane | Secretary | — | 1992-12-18 |
| CLARK, Peter Andrew | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-10-01 |
| DAVIES, David Aubrey Llewelyn | Director | — | 1998-03-29 |
| DAVIES, Hugh Llewellyn | Director | — | 2006-10-23 |
| HICKMAN, Anthony | Director | — | 1992-12-18 |
| HICKMAN, Margaret Diane | Director | — | 1992-12-18 |
| WINTER, Kevin Robert | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regrowth Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-09 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-02-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-02-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-09 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-02-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-02-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-01-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+7.8%
£2,622,619 £2,828,087
-
Cash
+28.5%
£164,842 £211,800
-
Net assets
+61.5%
£1,596,731 £2,579,320
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
0%
22 22
-
Operating profit
+27.1%
£1,033,228 £1,313,689
-
Profit before tax
+30.5%
£1,003,552 £1,310,118
-
Wages
-1.8%
£943,039 £925,781
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