DAVIES GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£37M
-45.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£993M
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
5,630
+6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
+78.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DAVIES GROUP LIMITED 2008-03-07 → present
- OVAL (2177) LIMITED 2008-01-22 → 2008-03-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £480,600,000 | £472,482,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£37,006,000 | -£26,757,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,730,000 | -£5,077,000 | |
| Net profit | -£26,774,000 | -£2,262,000 | |
| Cash | £67,043,000 | £36,549,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,019,100,000 | £1,014,369,000 | |
| Net assets | £997,178,000 | £993,344,000 | |
| Equity | £997,178,000 | £993,344,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,307 | 5,630 | |
| Wages | £231,475,000 | £249,593,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.7% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | -5.6% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.6% | -2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.4% | 22.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | -9.70x | -7.91x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the ability of both the Group and the Company to continue as a going concern in accordance with the requirements of FRS 102. No material uncertainties have been identified that would cast significant doubt on the ability of either the Group or the Company to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- DAVIES GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Davies Construction and Engineering Limited 100%
- Davies Managed Systems Limited 100%
- Garwyn Ireland Limited 100%
- Davies Ember (Canada) Inc 100%
- MDD Brasil Consultoria LTDA 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the Group completed one significant acquisition and a minor trading asset deal, allowing us to diversify our service offering, add new capabilities, strengthen our presence in the market and expand our global footprint into new geographical locations.”
- “In October 2024, the Group acquired a trading asset deal of Bespoke Training Solution Limited.”
- “In December 2024, the Group acquired OBL, which added Republic of Ireland (RoI) legal services to our existing legal solutions business, Keoghs.”
- “On 29 February 2024, the wider Group acquired 100% of interests in the leading international forensic accounting firm, MDD Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBES, Darren Paul | Director | 2008-02-29 | Jun 1967 | British |
| SAULTER, Daniel Mark | Director | 2013-07-04 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEBIASE, Antonio | Secretary | 2012-06-15 | 2024-12-31 |
| LUMSDON, Gary John | Secretary | 2008-09-08 | 2012-06-15 |
| PALMER, Adrian Russell | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2008-09-05 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2008-01-22 | 2008-02-29 |
| BUTTON, Matthew | Director | 2025-01-07 | 2025-09-10 |
| CARR, Allison Jane | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2025-03-11 |
| CHAPMAN, Mark David | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2011-09-30 |
| CRAWFORD, Charles Robertson | Director | 2009-08-19 | 2012-10-26 |
| DEBIASE, Antonio | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2024-12-31 |
| HILL, Adrian Richard | Director | 2012-01-25 | 2017-01-26 |
| LUMSDON, Gary John | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2012-06-15 |
| MOLYNEUX, Mark Thomas John | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2011-09-30 |
| PALMER, Adrian Russell | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2008-09-05 |
| STEWART, Richard Edward Marcel | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2011-09-30 |
| WEBB, Anura Mahinda | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2012-11-23 |
| WILKINSON, Amber | Director | 2025-01-07 | 2026-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Leslie Terence | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2009-08-07 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2008-01-22 | 2008-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davies Bidco | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-30 | Active |
| Davies Hedgco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2019-12-11 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Daisycove Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2017-01-31 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-1.7%
£480,600,000 £472,482,000
-
Cash
-45.5%
£67,043,000 £36,549,000
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£997,178,000 £993,344,000
-
Employees
+6.1%
5,307 5,630
-
Operating profit
+27.7%
-£37,006,000 -£26,757,000
-
Profit before tax
+78.6%
-£23,730,000 -£5,077,000
-
Wages
+7.8%
£231,475,000 £249,593,000
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