DAVIDSONS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-81.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£233M
+6.1% vs 2023
Employees
329
+3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£18M
+48.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DAVIDSONS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2009-10-29 → present
- EASTERNRANGE LIMITED 2002-01-03 → 2009-10-29
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 | £211,855,000 | £220,335,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,201,000 | £21,507,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,125,000 | £18,014,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,218,000 | £13,497,000 | |
| Cash | £8,992,000 | £1,696,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £231,584,000 | £252,364,000 | |
| Net assets | £219,613,000 | £233,110,000 | |
| Equity | £219,613,000 | £233,110,000 | |
| Average employees | 318 | 329 | |
| Wages | £17,896,000 | £18,645,000 |
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 | 7.2% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.74x | 3.89x | |
| Interest cover | 4.70x | 5.80x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors confirm that, having made enquiries, they have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DAVIDSONS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Davidsons Group Limited
- Davidsons Homes Limited
- Davidsons Land Limited
- Davidsons Properties Limited
- Davidsons Estates Limited
- Davidsons (South Midlands) Limited
- Swift Plant Limited
- Albert Henry Homes Limited
Significant events
- “The Company triggered the extension option in its existing £100m revolving credit facility to extend the final repayment date by 12 months to 30 September 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Graham Marshall | Secretary | 2008-07-03 | — | British |
| BROWN, Graham Marshall | Director | 2007-07-16 | Apr 1945 | British |
| O'CONNELL, Christian John | Director | 2016-07-04 | May 1973 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Gary Russell | Director | 2022-05-01 | Jul 1952 | British |
| WILSON, David William | Director | 2002-01-03 | Dec 1941 | British |
| WILSON, James David | Director | 2007-12-18 | May 1972 | British |
| WILSON, Robert Edward Charles | Director | 2025-01-15 | Jul 1988 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLIONS, John Andrew | Secretary | 2002-01-28 | 2008-07-03 |
| WILSON, Laura Isobel | Secretary | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-03 |
| LOCKE, Gregson Horace | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2024-04-05 |
| SILBER, Adrian Giles | Director | 2010-04-23 | 2016-06-30 |
| SINCLAIR, Hugh Alastair | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2014-06-30 |
| WILSON, Laura Isobel | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2011-09-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill Group 2010 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-12-30 | Ceased 2025-11-13 |
| Beacon Hill Group 2010 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-24 |
| Mr James David Wilson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Richard William Henry Wilson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David William Wilson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Robert Edward Charles Wilson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
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Turnover
+4%
£211,855,000 £220,335,000
-
Cash
-81.1%
£8,992,000 £1,696,000
-
Net assets
+6.1%
£219,613,000 £233,110,000
-
Employees
+3.5%
318 329
-
Operating profit
+41.5%
£15,201,000 £21,507,000
-
Profit before tax
+48.6%
£12,125,000 £18,014,000
-
Wages
+4.2%
£17,896,000 £18,645,000
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