DAVIS DERBY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£966K
-22.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+9.1% vs 2023
Employees
36
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£416K
-44.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DAVIS DERBY LIMITED 1993-09-14 → present
- COMMUNICATION & CONTROL ENGINEERING CO. LIMITED 1992-05-08 → 1993-09-14
- VITALPRINT LIMITED 1992-03-30 → 1992-05-08
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 | £5,295,009 | £5,020,870 | |
| Operating profit | £433,388 | £416,563 | |
| Profit before tax | £754,381 | £415,666 | |
| Net profit | £668,308 | £306,793 | |
| Cash | £1,249,727 | £966,436 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,991,056 | £2,161,112 | |
| Net assets | £1,920,076 | £2,095,081 | |
| Equity | £1,920,076 | £2,095,081 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 36 | |
| Wages | £1,493,574 | £1,349,167 |
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 | 8.2% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.8% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.5% | 38.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | 56.12x | 25.73x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made due enquiries, considered reasonably foreseeable events and circumstances, and having regard to the cash reserves, facilities available to the company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that the going concern basis continues to be appropriate.”
Group structure
- DAVIS DERBY LIMITED · parent
- Stedfast Electrical Controls Limited 100%
- Communication and Control Engineering Company Limited 100%
- Trucklog Limited 100%
- Davis Derby Siberia 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHATFIELD, Eleanor Claire | Secretary | 2021-12-16 | — | — |
| CHATFIELD, Eleanor Claire | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1991 | British |
| RANDLE, David Allen | Director | 2020-03-24 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNSTON, William | Secretary | 1992-04-10 | 1993-01-04 |
| COOPER, Andrew | Secretary | 1993-01-04 | 2021-12-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-03-30 | 1992-04-10 |
| BEETLES, Gerald | Director | 1992-04-10 | 2021-12-15 |
| BUNSTON, William | Director | 1992-04-10 | 2021-12-15 |
| COOPER, Andrew | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| LEVERTON, John George | Director | 1993-06-07 | 2004-03-31 |
| OWEN, David Stanley | Director | 2012-02-14 | 2020-01-31 |
| RILEY, Nicholas | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| RILEY, Norman Edward | Director | 1992-05-07 | 2021-12-15 |
| ROBERTS, Ian Glyn | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2016-09-30 |
| RUDNEV, Petr Viktorovich | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2022-03-11 |
| SHAW, Patrick Frank | Director | 1992-05-07 | 1992-02-28 |
| SINGH, Surjit | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2020-03-23 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-03-30 | 1992-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Derby Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-5.2%
£5,295,009 £5,020,870
-
Cash
-22.7%
£1,249,727 £966,436
-
Net assets
+9.1%
£1,920,076 £2,095,081
-
Employees
-5.3%
38 36
-
Operating profit
-3.9%
£433,388 £416,563
-
Profit before tax
-44.9%
£754,381 £415,666
-
Wages
-9.7%
£1,493,574 £1,349,167
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