TILBURY DOUGLAS ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-27 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
+30.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+30.3% vs 2024
Employees
226
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+12.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- TILBURY DOUGLAS ENGINEERING LIMITED 2021-03-08 → present
- INTERSERVE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED 2007-02-27 → 2021-03-08
- BROADREACH FOOD HYGIENE SERVICES LIMITED 1995-06-09 → 2007-02-27
- LAWGRA (NO.294) LIMITED 1995-04-10 → 1995-06-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £100,963,000 | £110,550,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,239,000 | £4,820,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,477,000 | £5,018,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,346,000 | £3,672,000 | |
| Cash | £15,604,000 | £20,333,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,287,000 | £19,694,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,104,000 | £15,776,000 | |
| Equity | £12,104,000 | £15,776,000 | |
| Average employees | 233 | 226 | |
| Wages | £15,037,000 | £14,423,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.7% | 24.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.2% | 80.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 16.89x | 24.10x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors regularly review financial forecasts, including cash flow projections. Further details as to specific risks are included in note 2.2 to these financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “At 31 December 2025, the Group had provided security over performance bonds in place in the normal course of business amounting to £2.2m (2024: £2.4m).”
- “At 31 December 2025 the Company had given guarantees covering the bank cash pooling facility in respect of all Group companies, amounting to £nil (2024: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIMMINS, Declan Anthony Peter | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | — | — |
| HARRISON, Martin John | Director | 2025-11-10 | Jun 1969 | British |
| MATHER, Ross Stephen | Director | 2018-10-30 | Sep 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Martyn James | Director | 2023-01-03 | Dec 1974 | British |
| TATTON, Craig Nicholas | Director | 2019-11-26 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINS, Julian Cedric Clive | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| BADCOCK, Benjamin Edward | Secretary | 2013-04-30 | 2017-01-13 |
| BRADBURY, Trevor | Secretary | 2006-07-20 | 2007-02-20 |
| GOLDSWORTHY, Mark Stuart | Secretary | 2017-02-02 | 2020-04-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Richard Louis | Secretary | 2007-02-20 | 2010-04-01 |
| POUND, Stephanie Alison | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2012-01-01 |
| SHERIDAN, Janet Katherine | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 2002-05-13 |
| SHIPLEY, Stephen Robert | Secretary | 2002-05-13 | 2006-07-20 |
| LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-04-10 | 1995-06-01 |
| ASHDOWN, Simon Trayton | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2012-01-01 |
| ATKINS, Julian Cedric Clive | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| BADCOCK, Benjamin Edward | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2017-01-13 |
| BLACKBURN, Peter Edward | Director | 2002-05-13 | 2006-07-20 |
| BRACKNALL, Barry | Director | 2007-02-20 | 2013-06-28 |
| BRADBURY, Trevor | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2007-02-20 |
| BROADLEY, John Rodgers | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| CLITHEROE, David Maurice | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2007-02-20 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Tracy Ann | Director | 1995-04-10 | 1995-06-01 |
| ELLIS, John Leslie | Director | 2002-05-13 | 2006-07-20 |
| EVANS, David John | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2002-05-13 |
| FRANKS, Andrew George | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2018-10-30 |
| GANDY, Paul Francis | Director | 2019-10-30 | 2024-12-31 |
| GILL, Matthew Clement Hugh | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2025-07-22 |
| GOLDSWORTHY, Mark Stuart | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2020-04-01 |
| KEW, Gordon Patrick | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2018-09-30 |
| KNOWLES, Michael | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2018-10-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2000-08-09 |
| MELIZAN, Bruce Anthony | Director | 2010-06-16 | 2012-01-01 |
| PATERSON, David John | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Richard Louis | Director | 2007-02-20 | 2010-04-01 |
| RENHARD, Ian Michael | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2018-12-31 |
| RESTALL, George Henry | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-09-29 |
| SPENCER, Bernard William | Director | 2007-02-20 | 2010-09-03 |
| TYERMAN, Christopher | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2019-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilbury Douglas Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-27 | Active |
| Interserve Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-25 | Ceased 2022-05-27 |
| Interserve Specialist Services (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-11-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.5%
£100,963,000 £110,550,000
-
Cash
+30.3%
£15,604,000 £20,333,000
-
Net assets
+30.3%
£12,104,000 £15,776,000
-
Employees
-3%
233 226
-
Operating profit
+13.7%
£4,239,000 £4,820,000
-
Profit before tax
+12.1%
£4,477,000 £5,018,000
-
Wages
-4.1%
£15,037,000 £14,423,000
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