DIRECT VALETING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£966K
+151% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
159
+8.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-6.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DIRECT VALETING LIMITED 2000-07-26 → present
- K & S (329) LIMITED 1998-06-01 → 2000-07-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,388,760 | £46,342,203 | |
| Operating profit | £2,471,324 | £2,382,711 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,165,534 | £2,018,889 | |
| Net profit | £1,668,807 | £1,497,540 | |
| Cash | £384,774 | £965,972 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,554,446 | £1,567,228 | |
| Net assets | £1,505,874 | £1,503,414 | |
| Equity | £1,505,874 | £1,503,414 | |
| Average employees | 147 | 159 | |
| Wages | £4,708,331 | £5,877,495 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 159.0% | 152.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 7.92x | 6.31x |
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
- Hardwickes
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- “Dividends of £1,500,000 have been paid during the period.”
- “During the period, a loan of £5,000 was provided to a company under common control of the Directors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, Lesley Jane Minerva | Secretary | 2018-12-01 | — | — |
| CARPENTER, Jason Lee | Director | 2002-07-20 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MURPHY, Lesley Jane Minerva | Director | 2018-12-17 | Mar 1981 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGGINS, Mark Gordon | Secretary | 2004-06-24 | 2018-12-14 |
| MOORE, Jason | Secretary | 2000-07-21 | 2001-07-18 |
| SIMPKINS, Julie | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2004-06-18 |
| TROTMAN, Eunice Marie | Secretary | 1998-09-29 | 2000-07-21 |
| TROTTMAN, Chris | Secretary | 2001-07-18 | 2002-01-01 |
| K & S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 1998-09-29 |
| BAILEY, Richard Allan | Director | 2002-07-20 | 2004-09-28 |
| DUGGINS, Mark Gordon | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2018-12-14 |
| FEISST, Ulrich | Director | 2018-06-13 | 2020-05-01 |
| FURST, Paul | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2002-07-20 |
| GABRYSCH, David, Dr | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2018-06-05 |
| MOORE, Jason | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2001-07-18 |
| NAU, Thomas | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2018-02-15 |
| PALMER, Adrian Matthew | Director | 2006-08-17 | 2007-11-29 |
| SIMPKINS, Julie | Director | 2002-07-20 | 2004-06-18 |
| TAYLOR, Philip | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2017-09-29 |
| TROTMAN, Christopher | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2004-11-22 |
| TROTMAN, Eunice Marie | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2000-07-21 |
| K & S DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-01 | 1998-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight Valeting Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-13 | Active |
| Clareant Car Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-08-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-08-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-03-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-08-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-08-22 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2021-08-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-03-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-03 vs 2023-12-29
-
Turnover
+4.4%
£44,388,760 £46,342,203
-
Cash
+151%
£384,774 £965,972
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£1,505,874 £1,503,414
-
Employees
+8.2%
147 159
-
Operating profit
-3.6%
£2,471,324 £2,382,711
-
Profit before tax
-6.8%
£2,165,534 £2,018,889
-
Wages
+24.8%
£4,708,331 £5,877,495
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