DUNHILL TOBACCO OF LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£153M
+22.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£58M
+143% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DUNHILL TOBACCO OF LONDON LIMITED 1994-02-17 → present
- DUNHILL CIGARETTES OF LONDON LIMITED 1993-10-13 → 1994-02-17
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 | £21,123,000 | £31,780,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,791,000 | £57,054,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £24,069,000 | £58,498,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,061,000 | £57,917,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £124,722,000 | £155,119,000 | |
| Net assets | £124,722,000 | £152,639,000 | |
| Equity | £124,722,000 | £152,639,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 98.4% | 179.5% | |
| Net margin | 113.9% | 182.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.7% | 36.8% | |
| Current ratio | 49.19x | 70.16x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “The profit for the financial year attributable to the Company's shareholder after deduction of all charges and the provision of taxation amounted to £57,917,000 (2023: £24,061,000).”
- “In 2024 the operating income mainly comprises income relating to consideration received following the granting of a perpetual licence of Dunhill trademarks to a third party, covering Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Madagascar territories.”
- “The provision recorded within the year relates to costs associated with granting the licence of Dunhill trademarks to a third party. Such costs are relating to closure of commercial agreement between BAT Mali and a local distributor, following the transaction completion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-09-03 | — | — |
| BOOTH, David Patrick Ian | Director | 2018-09-20 | Feb 1974 | British |
| EVANS, Roger Anthony Carr | Director | 2018-09-06 | Dec 1973 | British |
| RIDIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-09-30 | — | — |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOKER, David James | Secretary | 1993-10-14 | 1994-03-28 |
| CORDESCHI, Richard | Secretary | 2012-07-25 | 2013-05-03 |
| ELLIS, Sallie | Secretary | 2013-08-22 | 2015-09-11 |
| GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 2018-09-06 | 2020-01-24 |
| KERR, Sophie Louise Edmonds | Secretary | 2015-09-11 | 2018-09-06 |
| MCCORMACK, Peter | Secretary | 2020-09-15 | 2021-11-26 |
| WORLOCK, Christopher | Secretary | 2022-09-09 | 2024-09-03 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-10-13 | 1993-10-14 |
| RISECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-03-28 | 2012-07-25 |
| BALCH, Alan Edward | Director | 1994-03-15 | 1995-08-31 |
| BOOKER, David James | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1995-10-13 |
| BROOKS, Edwin Linton | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1997-12-01 |
| CASEY, Robert James | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2010-09-30 |
| COOK, Philip Michael | Director | 2000-09-18 | 2000-11-30 |
| CRIPPS, Andrew Graham | Director | 1997-09-12 | 2005-12-30 |
| HENDERSHOT, Michael Lee | Director | 2000-09-18 | 2002-03-28 |
| HOLMES, Peter John | Director | 1996-07-18 | 1998-07-31 |
| KING, Alan Jude | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2015-08-27 |
| KINGSLEY, John | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1994-03-16 |
| KUZMINSKI, Witold Mieczyslaw | Director | 1998-07-30 | 1999-07-30 |
| MCCRORY, Paul | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2021-06-04 |
| MOHR, Nikolaus | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2012-06-30 |
| OLIVER, Mark Anthony | Director | 1997-09-12 | 2002-07-31 |
| PEACOCK, Timothy David Roger | Director | 1994-06-17 | 1996-07-18 |
| PORTER, Alan Fraser | Director | 2002-09-11 | 2006-11-01 |
| POWELL, Christopher David | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2004-12-20 |
| PRINS, Daniel | Director | 1997-09-12 | 1998-07-31 |
| SALTER, Donald Neil Fred | Director | 2000-09-18 | 2002-07-31 |
| SNOOK, Nicola | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| STEYN, Charl Erasmus | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2010-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Graham Rodney | Director | 1995-08-31 | 2000-06-30 |
| WINGFIELD, Ernest Niall | Director | 1995-10-13 | 1997-09-15 |
| WYNESS, Jonathan James | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1993-11-08 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-10-13 | 1993-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British American Tobacco (Brands) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+50.5%
£21,123,000 £31,780,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+22.4%
£124,722,000 £152,639,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+174.4%
£20,791,000 £57,054,000
-
Profit before tax
+143%
£24,069,000 £58,498,000
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