DAWSONGROUP MATERIAL HANDLING LIMITED
Get an alert when DAWSONGROUP MATERIAL HANDLING LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
Cash
£231K
+1,000% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+6.3% vs 2023
Employees
52
+18.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+327.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DAWSONGROUP MATERIAL HANDLING LIMITED 2018-03-19 → present
- DAWSONRENTALS MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT LIMITED 2000-04-04 → 2018-03-19
- PORTABLE CONTAINER STORAGE LIMITED 1991-10-08 → 2000-04-04
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 | £7,468,000 | £8,061,000 | |
| Operating profit | £621,000 | £1,785,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £260,000 | £1,111,000 | |
| Net profit | -£101,000 | £832,000 | |
| Cash | £21,000 | £231,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,200,000 | £22,810,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,256,000 | £21,533,000 | |
| Equity | £20,256,000 | £21,533,000 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 52 | |
| Wages | £1,972,000 | £1,987,000 |
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 | 8.3% | 22.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.4% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 1.72x | 2.64x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- DAWSONGROUP MATERIAL HANDLING LIMITED · parent
- Lift Truck Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 the European new forklift market contracted by 20%, causing overcapacity in production and an oversaturated second-hand market, as manufacturers attempted to protect market share by replacing current long-term rental assets with new equipment.”
- “Despite difficult trading conditions unexpired contract revenue increased by 36.4% (over £3m) and following three years of fleet modernisation, the company saved 29% on fleet maintenance and repair costs compared to budget.”
- “The company re-established the automation solution offer and gained new partners including those for autonomous mobile robot supply. The company has also seen success in multi-truck tenders.”
- “An application to strike off PMR Holdings Limited (a 100% subsidiary of Dawsongroup Material Handling Limited) was successfully made on 18 June 2024.”
- “On the 3rd April 2025, the group was acquired by Devonshire Bidco Limited. The ultimate parent undertaking became KKR & Co. Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT, Lucinda Anne | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | — | — |
| ABRAHAM, Timothy John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| COLEMAN, Anthony | Director | 2006-01-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| METCALFE, John Nicholas | Director | 2019-04-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLEMAN, Anthony | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| GEAR, Clive | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2002-06-30 |
| LEWIS, Carol Denise | Secretary | — | 1997-06-06 |
| SHEARS, Brian Robert | Secretary | 1997-06-06 | 2000-06-30 |
| BUTLER, Stephen Philip | Director | — | 1997-06-06 |
| CALLAHAN, Stephen David | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2026-03-13 |
| COOPER, Alan | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2014-12-31 |
| FOTHERGILL, Gary | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| GEAR, Clive | Director | 1997-06-06 | 2005-12-31 |
| MILLER, Stephen James | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| O'REILLY, Adrian Joseph Peter | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2024-12-31 |
| SHIRES, Timothy Paul | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2024-05-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael John | Director | 1997-06-06 | 2016-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawsongroup Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+7.9%
£7,468,000 £8,061,000
-
Cash
+1,000%
£21,000 £231,000
-
Net assets
+6.3%
£20,256,000 £21,533,000
-
Employees
+18.2%
44 52
-
Operating profit
+187.4%
£621,000 £1,785,000
-
Profit before tax
+327.3%
£260,000 £1,111,000
-
Wages
+0.8%
£1,972,000 £1,987,000
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