DAVIS WAGON SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-29% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+38.4% vs 2023
Employees
72
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,061,211 | £13,167,757 | |
| Operating profit | £1,721,770 | £2,337,240 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,683,697 | £2,314,620 | |
| Net profit | £1,646,190 | £1,910,677 | |
| Cash | £2,526,993 | £1,793,685 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,727,971 | £7,483,309 | |
| Net assets | £4,978,588 | £6,889,265 | |
| Equity | £4,978,588 | £6,889,265 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 72 | |
| Wages | £2,721,865 | £3,006,157 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 17.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.6% | 14.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.1% | 31.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.5% | 31.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 3.46x | |
| Interest cover | 45.22x | 103.33x |
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
- UK-adopted International Financial Reporting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Directors have assessed that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors therefore believe it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following the General Election in mid-2024, the Labour government have clear ambitions for the rail industry with growth targets for freight placed under the jurisdiction of Network Rail of 8% growth over the next five years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAGG, Paul Roger | Director | 2022-06-10 | May 1970 | British |
| HALL, John Andrew | Director | 2017-03-01 | May 1976 | British |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Mark Edward | Director | 2023-12-08 | Oct 1964 | British |
| TRAVERS, Noel James | Director | 2025-01-28 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Secretary | 2006-09-20 | 2017-02-28 |
| BLACKWELL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-11-08 |
| HARBORD, David Christopher | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2022-06-10 |
| HARROLD, Tracy | Director | 2023-12-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2017-02-28 |
| SHARPE, Derrick | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2010-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wh Davis (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-09-12 | Active |
| W H Davis Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+9.2%
£12,061,211 £13,167,757
-
Cash
-29%
£2,526,993 £1,793,685
-
Net assets
+38.4%
£4,978,588 £6,889,265
-
Employees
+2.9%
70 72
-
Operating profit
+35.7%
£1,721,770 £2,337,240
-
Profit before tax
+37.5%
£1,683,697 £2,314,620
-
Wages
+10.4%
£2,721,865 £3,006,157
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