DOWNING PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+1.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+1.7% vs 2024
Employees
75
+13.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£290K
-66.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DOWNING PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED 2002-08-12 → present
- FELTRAY LIMITED 2002-07-26 → 2002-08-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,127,590 | £8,324,076 | |
| Operating profit | £798,197 | £165,781 | |
| Profit before tax | £863,931 | £289,822 | |
| Net profit | £646,721 | £153,080 | |
| Cash | £8,271,452 | £8,428,837 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,651,642 | £9,136,593 | |
| Net assets | £8,611,318 | £8,761,096 | |
| Equity | £8,611,318 | £8,761,096 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 75 | |
| Wages | £4,279,191 | £4,399,172 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.13x | 4.16x |
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
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The forecasts indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as it fall due for that period. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DOWNING PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Downing Business Information Consulting (Chengdu) Co Ltd, 100%
Significant events
- “Asset management fees also saw a reduction this year, largely because there were no fees from Miles Lambeth and Meadows, which were sold in October 2023 and February 2024, respectively.”
- “Since the introduction of the Building Safety Act in 2022 and the subsequent gateway procedures, the pace of new development projects has slowed which will be reflected by the loss in this stream of income of employer agents fees.”
- “Post year end, Downing Business Information Consulting (Chengdu) Co Ltd changed its name. The previous name was Downing Consulting Services (Beijing) Co. Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LODGE, Ann Louise | Secretary | 2002-08-05 | — | British |
| LODGE, Ann Louise | Director | 2002-08-05 | Jan 1955 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Sally Lynn | Director | 2002-08-05 | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-26 | 2002-08-05 |
| AUCOTT, Matthew Russell | Director | 2002-07-26 | 2002-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Maxwell Downing | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+2.4%
£8,127,590 £8,324,076
-
Cash
+1.9%
£8,271,452 £8,428,837
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£8,611,318 £8,761,096
-
Employees
+13.6%
66 75
-
Operating profit
-79.2%
£798,197 £165,781
-
Profit before tax
-66.5%
£863,931 £289,822
-
Wages
+2.8%
£4,279,191 £4,399,172
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