DERWENT VALLEY CENTRAL LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
-5% vs 2024
Net assets
£881m
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
32
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£53m
+106.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £36,561,222 | £40,460,126 | £36,158,515 | -10.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£49,885,768 | £16,194,558 | £39,683,806 | +145% | |
| Profit before tax | -£37,173,229 | £25,857,849 | £53,356,588 | +106.3% | |
| Net profit | -£37,173,229 | £25,857,849 | £53,356,588 | +106.3% | |
| Cash | £9,645,905 | £11,240,224 | £10,682,827 | -5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £969,408,010 | £894,831,582 | £897,739,763 | +0.3% | |
| Net assets | £951,985,919 | £877,843,768 | £881,200,356 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £951,985,919 | £877,843,768 | £881,200,356 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 32 | 32 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,735,497 | £2,035,649 | £2,107,049 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | -136.4% | 40.0% | 109.7% | |
| Net margin | -101.7% | 63.9% | 147.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.1% | 1.8% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.4% | 5.2% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.59x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -75.66x | 24.96x | 63.43x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DERWENT VALLEY CENTRAL LIMITED 2002-07-01 → present
- COLEBROOK ESTATES LIMITED 1925-04-11 → 2002-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Group issued a £250m unsecured 5.25% bond and extended its £450m revolving credit facility in July.”
- “In January 2026, the Group's £82.5m unsecured term loan, originally due to mature in February 2027, was extended by one year to February 2028.”
- “Additionally, in 2026, £55m of US private placement notes and £175m 6.5% secured bonds were repaid by the Group in February 2026 and March 2026 respectively.”
- “In April 2025, the Company disposed of its freehold interest in Greencoat and Gordon House SW1 for gross disposal proceeds of £75.5m.”
- “In October 2025, the Company disposed of its freehold interest in Francis House SW1 for gross disposal proceeds of £54.1m.”
- “In May 2026, Derwent London 50 Baker Street Limited (the "Landlord"), a fellow subsidiary within the Group, exercised its development option with The Portman Estate to regear the head lease on 38-52, 54-60 and 66-70 Baker Street, W1. Following this, the Company became guarantor under the development deed, guaranteeing the Landlord will comply with the terms and conditions contained in the deed and against all liabilities arising as a result of default by the developer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWLER, David Andrew | Secretary | 2017-10-02 | — | — |
| GEORGE, Nigel Quentin | Director | 1998-06-01 | May 1963 | British |
| PRIDEAUX, Emily Joanna | Director | 2021-03-01 | Sep 1979 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Paul Malcolm | Director | 1998-06-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
| WISNIEWSKI, Damian Mark Alan | Director | 2010-02-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, John Ernest | Secretary | — | 1996-09-11 |
| KITE, Timothy James | Secretary | 1996-09-11 | 2017-10-02 |
| BURNS, John David | Director | — | 2019-05-17 |
| DIXON, John Ernest | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| FRIEDLOS, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-07-18 |
| ODOM, Christopher James | Director | — | 2010-02-01 |
| SILVER, Simon Paul | Director | — | 2021-02-26 |
| SILVERMAN, David Gary | Director | 2008-06-16 | 2022-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derwent London Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 284 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-04-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-16 | 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.