DAWSONGROUP TRUCK AND TRAILER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£836K
+30.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£173M
+2.3% vs 2023
Employees
224
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
-71.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DAWSONGROUP TRUCK AND TRAILER LIMITED 2018-03-19 → present
- DAWSONRENTALS TRUCK AND TRAILER LIMITED 2000-04-04 → 2018-03-19
- PCS PORTABLE COLD STORAGE LIMITED 1996-03-15 → 2000-04-04
- FORAY 808 LIMITED 1995-07-17 → 1996-03-15
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 | £130,739,000 | £131,753,000 | |
| Operating profit | £37,550,000 | £23,135,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £32,450,000 | £9,161,000 | |
| Net profit | £23,599,000 | £9,468,000 | |
| Cash | £642,000 | £836,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £246,111,000 | £249,257,000 | |
| Net assets | £169,464,000 | £173,432,000 | |
| Equity | £169,464,000 | £173,432,000 | |
| Average employees | 215 | 224 | |
| Wages | £9,724,000 | £9,832,000 |
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 | 28.7% | 17.6% | |
| Net margin | 18.1% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.3% | 9.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.26x | 0.37x | |
| Interest cover | 3.37x | 1.52x |
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 reviewed forecasts for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of the audit opinion and are confident that the company will be able to pay its liabilities as they fall due. Confirmation has been received from the ultimate parent company that the intercompany loan as disclosed in note 12 will not be recalled within the next 12 months. On this basis, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Dawsongroup Truck and Trailer celebrated its 50th anniversary of rental.”
- “First investment in full battery electric vehicles, including tractor and rigid, joined the fleet.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT, Lucinda Anne | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | — | — |
| COLEMAN, Anthony | Director | 2006-01-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| FLETCHER, John | Director | 2007-03-05 | Jul 1966 | British |
| GYSIN, James | Director | 2021-01-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| HUNTER, James Anthony | Director | 2025-06-24 | Apr 1966 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Nicholas | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2022-01-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| SNOWDEN, Peter | Director | 2008-07-28 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, Andrew John | Secretary | 1995-07-17 | 1996-04-09 |
| COLEMAN, Anthony | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| GEAR, Clive | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2002-06-30 |
| LEWIS, Carol Denise | Secretary | 1996-04-09 | 1997-06-06 |
| SHEARS, Brian Robert | Secretary | 1997-06-06 | 2000-06-30 |
| BAKER, John | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2009-12-31 |
| BUTLER, Stephen Philip | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1997-06-06 |
| CALLAHAN, Stephen David | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2026-03-13 |
| CARPENTER, Andrew John | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1996-04-09 |
| DAWSON, Peter Michael | Director | 2015-10-27 | 2024-11-05 |
| DODGE, Andrew Robert | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| FEGAN, Paul Michael | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| GEAR, Clive | Director | 1997-06-06 | 2005-12-31 |
| GOLDINGHAM, Yvonne Catherine Mary | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1996-04-09 |
| KELLY, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-07-28 |
| KELLY, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2004-12-31 |
| MILLER, Stephen James | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2026-01-31 |
| O'REILLY, Adrian Joseph Peter | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2024-12-31 |
| SMITH, Peter Stuart | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2019-03-15 |
| TURNER, Michael John | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2009-09-15 |
| 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 155 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-06 MA Memorandum articles
| 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 | |
| 2025-09-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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 | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+0.8%
£130,739,000 £131,753,000
-
Cash
+30.2%
£642,000 £836,000
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£169,464,000 £173,432,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
215 224
-
Operating profit
-38.4%
£37,550,000 £23,135,000
-
Profit before tax
-71.8%
£32,450,000 £9,161,000
-
Wages
+1.1%
£9,724,000 £9,832,000
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