D.K. FORECOURTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+16.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+28.1% vs 2023
Employees
61
-10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-4.1% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £30,027,671 | £30,270,818 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,024,773 | £1,857,392 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,032,952 | £1,949,547 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,569,847 | £1,443,976 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £4,629,351 | £5,411,057 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £5,998,370 | £7,312,142 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £5,129,883 | £6,572,859 | |
| Equity | £1,012,032 | £1,159,998 | £1,540,850 | £2,119,876 | £3,166,271 | £5,129,883 | £6,572,859 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 61 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £854,322 | £875,128 |
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 | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.7% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 5.2% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 33.8% | 25.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 40.4% | 32.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.26x | 2.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 52.07x | 36.50x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bevan Buckland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- D.K. FORECOURTS LIMITED · parent
- Llewellyns Garage (Blackwood) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Charge over Caerphilly Service Station, Nantgarw Road, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan by Barclays Bank on the Banks standard form dated 04/10/1995.”
- “Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Limited have a legal charge over freehold land and filling station premises erected thereon k/a Caerphilly Service Station, Nantgarw Road, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan with all fixtures and fittings and equipment including storage tanks petrol pumps etc and a floating charge over all moveable plant machinery implements utensils furniture and equipment dated 04/10/1995.”
- “Texaco Limited have a legal charge dated 04/01/2000 over the property known as Caerphilly Service Station, Nantgarw Road, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan and a floating charge over all assets..”
- “Barclays bank have a fixed and floating charge covering all property or undertaking of the company dated 18/06/2013.”
- “Barclays bank hold a charge over the leasehold property known as Former Monty Smith Garage, Cardiff road, Barry dated 23/07/2015.”
- “Barclays bank hold a legal charge over 275 High Street, Blackwood dated 22/12/2016.”
- “Hire purchase balances as secured against the assets they relate.”
- “Barclays Plc hold two fixed and floating charges over all the property or undertaking of Llewellyn's Garage (Blackwood) Limited, as detailed in two Debenture and Cross Guarantees, in respect of secured debts of D. K. Forecourts Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Derek Kurt | Director | 2013-09-24 | Sep 1963 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Scott Derek | Director | 2022-09-26 | Nov 1993 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE, Harold | Nominee Secretary | 1995-07-20 | 1995-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Kerry Diana | Secretary | 1995-07-20 | 2006-08-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Lorna Mary | Secretary | 2006-08-29 | 2017-07-25 |
| WAYNE, Yvonne | Nominee Director | 1995-07-20 | 1995-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Derek Kurt | Director | 1995-07-20 | 2013-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Derek Kurt Williams | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2024-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-02-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+0.8%
£30,027,671 £30,270,818
-
Cash
+16.9%
£4,629,351 £5,411,057
-
Net assets
+28.1%
£5,129,883 £6,572,859
-
Employees
-10.3%
68 61
-
Operating profit
-8.3%
£2,024,773 £1,857,392
-
Profit before tax
-4.1%
£2,032,952 £1,949,547
-
Wages
+2.4%
£854,322 £875,128
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers