A.V.DAWSON LIMITED
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Cash
£9.3M
-15.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£48M
+5.3% vs 2024
Employees
177
+3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.1M
+38.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,431,105 | £31,061,217 | +5.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,999,294 | £4,099,140 | +36.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,985,804 | £4,138,272 | +38.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,238,374 | £3,121,429 | +39.5% | |
| Cash | £11,020,358 | £9,317,949 | -15.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,871,544 | £55,083,609 | +2.2% | |
| Net assets | £45,701,609 | £48,117,980 | +5.3% | |
| Equity | £45,701,609 | £48,117,980 | +5.3% | |
| Average employees | 171 | 177 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £8,652,258 | £8,869,417 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £878,817 | £935,908 | +6.5% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 1.93x | |
| Interest cover | 8.31x | 12.21x |
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
- Clive Owen 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 group's and the parent 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.”
Group structure
- A.V.DAWSON LIMITED · parent
- W G Thomas & Co Limited 100%
- Dawson (Tees Wharf) Limited 100%
- AVD Industrial and Port Services Ltd 100%
- A.V. Dawson Transport Ltd 100%
- Port of Middlesbrough Ltd 100%
- Cockfield Knight & Co Ltd 100%
- Middlesbrough Port Ltd 100%
- Port Middlesbrough Ltd 100%
- Cobra Middlesbrough Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, the Group was deeply saddened by the death of a valued colleague following an incident on site. Our thoughts remain with their family, friends and colleagues, and the Group continues to support the relevant investigations and those affected by this tragic event.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, Craig | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | — | — |
| CROCE, Louise | Director | 2023-03-15 | Nov 1971 | British |
| DAWSON, Gary Stuart | Director | 1995-03-13 | Mar 1970 | British |
| JONES, Gareth Edward | Director | 2023-04-03 | May 1969 | British |
| LLOYD, Craig | Director | 2023-03-15 | Dec 1984 | British |
| NETTLE, Charlie | Director | 2020-01-01 | Feb 1977 | British |
| WATKINS, Andrew Kenneth | Director | 2017-01-05 | Nov 1964 | British |
| YOUNG, John Ellis | Director | 2008-03-10 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD, Richard | Secretary | — | 2014-03-31 |
| DAWSON, Eleanor | Director | — | 1999-02-04 |
| DAWSON, Maurice Geoffrey | Director | — | 2016-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gary Stuart Dawson | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-12-12 | Active |
| Mr Maurice Geoffrey Dawson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.