NORTHERN DRIVES & CONTROLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+29.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+18.8% vs 2023
Employees
41
+5.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-5.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NORTHERN DRIVES & CONTROLS LIMITED 1995-10-31 → present
- STUDIOCASE LIMITED 1995-09-05 → 1995-10-31
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 | £6,405,373 | £6,661,623 | |
| Operating profit | £1,856,187 | £1,709,450 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,949,513 | £1,844,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,538,052 | £1,425,926 | |
| Cash | £2,460,348 | £3,196,504 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,011,342 | £5,887,233 | |
| Net assets | £4,923,596 | £5,849,522 | |
| Equity | £4,923,596 | £5,849,522 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 41 | |
| Wages | £2,167,254 | £2,340,033 |
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 | 29.0% | 25.7% | |
| Net margin | 24.0% | 21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.0% | 29.0% | |
| Current ratio | 7.46x | 8.62x | |
| Interest cover | 537.40x | 278.59x |
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
- BDO Northern Ireland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- NORTHERN DRIVES & CONTROLS LIMITED · parent
- Northern Drives and Controls España S.L.U. 100%
- Northern Drives and Controls Italia S.R.L. 100%
- NDC Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Northern Drives and Controls Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 January 2025, Northern Drives and Control Inc, a subsidiary of Northern Drives and Controls Limited purchased the trade and assets of Bart Elevator Services Corporation, a company incorporated in the United States of America.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, David Gerald | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | — | British |
| GRIFFIN, David Gerald | Director | 1995-09-26 | Dec 1955 | British |
| GRIFFIN, Jordan | Director | 2006-01-01 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKLEY, Cheryl | Secretary | 1995-09-26 | 2000-06-30 |
| WALTON, Sylvia Maria | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-09-05 | 1995-09-26 |
| LOCKLEY, Cheryl | Director | 1995-09-26 | 2000-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-09-05 | 1995-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Plant Maintenance Engineering Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-01-01 | Active |
| Mr David Gerald Griffin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-24 | Ceased 2022-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+4%
£6,405,373 £6,661,623
-
Cash
+29.9%
£2,460,348 £3,196,504
-
Net assets
+18.8%
£4,923,596 £5,849,522
-
Employees
+5.1%
39 41
-
Operating profit
-7.9%
£1,856,187 £1,709,450
-
Profit before tax
-5.4%
£1,949,513 £1,844,000
-
Wages
+8%
£2,167,254 £2,340,033
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