DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+40.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+23.2% vs 2023
Employees
203
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+18.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED 1997-06-25 → present
- DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES GROUP LIMITED 1997-02-27 → 1997-06-25
- LEGISLATOR 1302 LIMITED 1996-12-16 → 1997-02-27
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 | £37,132,000 | £42,845,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,064,000 | £1,203,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,250,000 | £1,485,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,100,000 | £1,079,000 | |
| Cash | £6,099,000 | £8,574,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,728,000 | £7,311,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,641,000 | £5,720,000 | |
| Equity | £4,641,000 | £5,720,000 | |
| Average employees | 201 | 203 | |
| Wages | £7,121,000 | £7,694,000 |
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 | 2.9% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 16.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | 80.20x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Director's 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 Group's or the parent 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
- DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Builders Equipment Limited 100%
- Drayton Windows Limited 100%
- Eyre Building Services Group Limited 100%
- Norfolk Gravel Limited 100%
- Sonata Security Limited 100%
- Youngs Doors Limited 100%
- Builders Equipment (Norwich) Limited 100%
- Builders Equipment Direct Limited 100%
- Carter Concrete Limited 100%
- Central Scaffolding Limited 100%
- Drayton Building Services Group Limited 100%
- Farmers Equipment Limited 100%
- Eyre A.C. Limited 100%
- Eyre Electrical Limited 100%
- Eyre Energy Limited 100%
- Eyre Mechanical & Electrical Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALFLATT, Robert John | Secretary | 2018-06-07 | — | — |
| CARTER, James George Stratton | Director | 2013-02-26 | Apr 1985 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIELS, Gerald William Victor | Secretary | 2000-12-22 | 2018-06-06 |
| GIBBINS, Jonathan Martin | Secretary | 2018-06-06 | 2018-06-07 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Secretary | 1996-12-16 | 1997-01-24 |
| WRIGHT, Stuart Neil Harold | Secretary | 1997-01-24 | 2000-12-22 |
| ATKINS, Thomas Hector | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2014-05-31 |
| BUSSEY, Peter Charles | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2011-02-16 |
| COVENTRY, David James Bruce | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2017-04-25 |
| GIBBINS, Jonathan Martin | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2011-02-16 |
| GIBSON, Martyn Charles | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2015-04-01 |
| HEASMAN, Derek Mark | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-09-01 |
| MARSHALL, Diana Jane | Director | 1996-12-16 | 1997-01-24 |
| MOORE, Alan Blake | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2004-03-17 |
| NEALE, Brian Henry | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2010-05-26 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Director | 1996-12-16 | 1997-01-24 |
| ROUGHT, Roger Sydney | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2008-07-15 |
| VINTERS, Emily Clare | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2023-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rgcc Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-30 | Active |
| R. G. Carter Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-10-18 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-18 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-18 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2022-09-23 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-23 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.4%
£37,132,000 £42,845,000
-
Cash
+40.6%
£6,099,000 £8,574,000
-
Net assets
+23.2%
£4,641,000 £5,720,000
-
Employees
+1%
201 203
-
Operating profit
+13.1%
£1,064,000 £1,203,000
-
Profit before tax
+18.8%
£1,250,000 £1,485,000
-
Wages
+8%
£7,121,000 £7,694,000
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