CDW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£109M
+267.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£297M
+14.3% vs 2023
Employees
1,577
-6.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£54M
-20.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CDW LIMITED 2016-03-21 → present
- KELWAY LIMITED 2013-08-01 → 2016-03-21
- KELWAY (UK) LIMITED 2000-02-02 → 2013-08-01
- KELWAY COMPUTER SUPPLIES LIMITED 1996-07-17 → 2000-02-02
- LANTIL LIMITED 1990-01-31 → 1996-07-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,125,800,000 | £1,109,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | £68,300,000 | £54,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £68,300,000 | £54,200,000 | |
| Net profit | £52,200,000 | £40,600,000 | |
| Cash | £29,700,000 | £109,200,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £276,900,000 | £319,700,000 | |
| Net assets | £259,900,000 | £297,100,000 | |
| Equity | £259,900,000 | £297,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,687 | 1,577 | |
| Wages | £106,500,000 | £102,400,000 |
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 | 6.1% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.7% | 17.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.97x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these considerations, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 September 2026. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORLEY, Christina Marie | Director | 2018-03-01 | Jan 1968 | American |
| VAN BARTHOLD, Lorraine Helen | Director | 2023-05-19 | Feb 1986 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Penelope Ruth | Director | 2022-11-14 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPTON, Craig Brian | Secretary | 2008-07-04 | 2011-06-07 |
| DOYE, Stephen Paul Kelway | Secretary | — | 1993-04-01 |
| DOYE, Wendy Margaret | Secretary | 1993-04-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| HENRY, Darren Alexander | Secretary | 1998-09-28 | 2008-07-04 |
| LANGLOIS, Xavier | Secretary | 2016-01-29 | 2017-01-31 |
| ROSS, Timothy Lloyd | Secretary | 2011-06-07 | 2016-01-29 |
| TALWAR, Rajeev | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 1998-09-28 |
| AVIS, Philip John | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2006-11-14 |
| CHAPMAN, David | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2020-12-01 |
| COMPTON, Craig Brian | Director | 2008-07-04 | 2011-06-07 |
| DOYE, Philip Mark Kelway | Director | — | 2017-03-20 |
| DOYE, Stephen Paul Kelway | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| DOYE, Wendy Margaret | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2006-11-14 |
| FAIRFIELD, Neil Barry | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2020-09-08 |
| FAKHRY, Walid Khalil | Director | 2006-11-14 | 2014-11-06 |
| HENRY, Darren Alexander | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2006-11-14 |
| HUPP, James Darren | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-11-18 |
| KEBO, Colin Bradley | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2018-03-01 |
| LAMEY, Steven | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2012-12-07 |
| LAWS, Daniel Andrew | Director | 2011-06-07 | 2021-01-01 |
| LEAHY, Christine A. | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2018-03-01 |
| LOCY, Peter R. | Director | 2022-06-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| MEE, Grace Emily Rosina | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| MOCCIARO, Ilaria | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2022-04-18 |
| NESBIT, Thomas Nathaniel Angus | Director | 2022-11-14 | 2024-11-19 |
| PAPE, Malcolm John | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2024-11-29 |
| PEPPERALL, Henry Brian | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2017-02-28 |
| PRIOR, James Robert | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2020-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cdw Finance Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-08 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
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
-1.4%
£1,125,800,000 £1,109,700,000
-
Cash
+267.7%
£29,700,000 £109,200,000
-
Net assets
+14.3%
£259,900,000 £297,100,000
-
Employees
-6.5%
1,687 1,577
-
Operating profit
-20.6%
£68,300,000 £54,200,000
-
Profit before tax
-20.6%
£68,300,000 £54,200,000
-
Wages
-3.8%
£106,500,000 £102,400,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers