J.T.DOVE,LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7m
-30.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28m
-3.5% vs 2024
Employees
354
-0.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5m
-43.5% lowest in 3 filed years
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £94,503,176 | £96,649,223 | £97,199,417 | +0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £4,027,088 | £2,804,457 | £1,725,040 | -38.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,813,953 | £2,708,446 | £1,529,224 | -43.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,817,150 | £1,915,806 | £1,013,420 | -47.1% | |
| Cash | £5,174,108 | £5,273,786 | £3,678,961 | -30.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,992,685 | £33,348,168 | £32,795,563 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £27,369,147 | £28,801,203 | £27,788,840 | -3.5% | |
| Equity | £27,369,147 | £28,801,203 | £27,788,840 | -3.5% | |
| Average employees | 364 | 357 | 354 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £11,762,167 | £11,848,240 | £12,167,929 | +2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £550,332 | £518,563 | £521,817 | +0.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 2.9% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 8.4% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.5% | 38.4% | 39.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.02x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | 12.74x | 8.98x | 4.88x |
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
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial and other resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- J.T.DOVE,LIMITED · parent
- Build & Plumb Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A buy-in process has commenced in relation to the defined benefit pension scheme, with an insurance policy purchased from Aviva that is designed to pay all future pension payments to current and deferred members of the scheme, as they fall due. The policy was funded through sale of existing scheme investments, alongside a contribution made by the company in April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Jeremy Roy | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| HALTON, Malcolm | Director | 2022-01-04 | Jan 1979 | British |
| ROWLEY, Neil James | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1979 | British |
| YOUNG, Michael Samuel | Director | 2023-04-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, Jonathan | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2025-11-24 |
| FERRIER, James | Secretary | — | 1998-01-30 |
| PAINTER, Richard James | Secretary | 1999-06-29 | 2020-04-30 |
| WITHERS, John Granville | Secretary | 1998-02-01 | 1999-06-29 |
| ARCHER, Jonathan | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2025-11-24 |
| BURKE, John George | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| FERRIER, James | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| HINDMARSH, Ian James | Director | 1992-08-03 | 2021-12-31 |
| HUTCHISON, John Charles | Director | — | 1993-05-14 |
| HUTCHISON, Mark David Bell | Director | — | 1998-09-29 |
| PAINTER, Richard James | Director | 1999-05-17 | 2020-04-30 |
| ROBINSON, Stephen Moody | Director | 2006-09-11 | 2023-03-31 |
| SAYERS, Kevin Ronald | Director | 1995-02-07 | 1999-08-17 |
| SAYERS, Kevin Ronald | Director | 1993-08-02 | 1995-01-09 |
| WARES, Hugh David Mcdonald | Director | 2005-08-10 | 2006-09-29 |
| WITHERS, John Granville | Director | 1997-11-17 | 2005-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J T Dove Pensions Trust Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-21 |
| Herbert Dove Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-29 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-29 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-24 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-02-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.