P.D.Q. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£269K
-83.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£330K
+107.6% vs 2023
Employees
41
+2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+524.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- P.D.Q. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 1987-04-03 → present
- HOLBROAD LIMITED 1987-03-03 → 1987-04-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,507,000 | £2,412,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,045,000 | £4,710,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,096,000 | £4,650,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,091,000 | £4,646,000 | |
| Cash | £1,657,000 | £269,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,515,000 | £1,138,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,316,000 | £330,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,316,000 | £330,000 | |
| Average employees | 40 | 41 | |
| Wages | £2,199,000 | £1,627,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -41.7% | 195.3% | |
| Net margin | -43.5% | 192.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.7% | 413.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 246.1% | 91.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | -20.49x | 78.50x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing 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 · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, Damian | Secretary | 2013-01-28 | — | — |
| MADHANI, Sunil Jayantilal | Director | 2024-07-31 | Sep 1966 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Damian | Director | 2013-01-28 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SHERRY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2024-05-16 | May 1973 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Norman Cecil | Secretary | — | 2003-04-01 |
| VARNISH, Steven Graham | Secretary | 2011-03-22 | 2013-01-28 |
| WATERHOUSE, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2011-03-22 |
| BROWN, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1996-06-28 |
| BROWN, Norman Cecil | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2003-04-30 |
| DEWAR, Robert John | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2000-08-16 |
| DOORNINK, Ronald | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-01-01 |
| GOLDBERG, Lawrence | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2003-12-10 |
| HAWKINS, Gary Christopher | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2007-03-30 |
| KELLY, Brian | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2011-10-25 |
| KOMAS, Jay | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| KOMAS, Jay | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| KOTICK, Robert | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2016-09-20 |
| MATTINGLY, Ian Dennis | Director | 2010-04-02 | 2016-09-20 |
| NEAL, David | Director | 1998-08-19 | 2025-10-21 |
| PEARSON, Margaret Ann | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2025-10-21 |
| ROSE, George | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2010-04-30 |
| SAVAGE, Martyn Godfrey | Director | — | 1996-06-28 |
| SHERRY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2001-11-30 | 2009-09-14 |
| STEELE, Richard Andrew | Director | 1996-06-25 | 2008-04-30 |
| VARNISH, Steven Graham | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2013-01-28 |
| WALTHER, Christopher Brian | Director | 2010-04-02 | 2014-06-17 |
| WATERHOUSE, Andrew Richard | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2011-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centresoft Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-3.8%
£2,507,000 £2,412,000
-
Cash
-83.8%
£1,657,000 £269,000
-
Net assets
+107.6%
-£4,316,000 £330,000
-
Employees
+2.5%
40 41
-
Operating profit
+550.7%
-£1,045,000 £4,710,000
-
Profit before tax
+524.3%
-£1,096,000 £4,650,000
-
Wages
-26%
£2,199,000 £1,627,000
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