DART VALLEY RAILWAY LTD
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Cash
£1.1m
-25.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.4m
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
108
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£283k
-61.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £6,173,664 | £6,368,416 | £6,498,642 | +2% | |
| Operating profit | £679,641 | £729,764 | £288,345 | -60.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £632,702 | £733,010 | £283,247 | -61.4% | |
| Net profit | £469,600 | £557,740 | £181,897 | -67.4% | |
| Cash | £1,363,896 | £1,439,329 | £1,068,246 | -25.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,941,657 | £11,110,430 | £11,131,154 | +0.2% | |
| Net assets | £8,760,312 | £9,198,933 | £9,380,830 | +2% | |
| Equity | £8,760,312 | £9,198,933 | £9,380,830 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 115 | 113 | 108 | -4.4% | |
| Wages | £2,477,417 | £2,545,122 | £2,881,064 | +13.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £282,413 | £308,433 | £277,956 | -9.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £57,404 | £53,050 | £54,619 | +3% | |
| Highest paid director | £133,629 | £133,121 | £145,384 | +9.2% |
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 | 11.0% | 11.5% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 8.8% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 6.6% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.3% | 23.1% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.45x | 2.52x | 2.68x | |
| Interest cover | 14.48x | 37.47x | 20.66x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DART VALLEY RAILWAY LTD 2018-11-29 → present
- DART VALLEY RAILWAY PLC 1999-06-30 → 2018-11-29
- DART VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 1965-06-18 → 1999-06-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group remains in a strong financial position at the date of this report with cash reserves around £1.1m. The directors believe that the group has sufficient resources to continue operating for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements”
Group structure
- DART VALLEY RAILWAY LTD · parent
- Dartmouth Insurance Group (Consultants) Limited 100%
- Dart Pleasure Craft Limited 100%
- Dart Free Houses Limited 100%
- The Dart Maritime Enterprise Limited 100%
- The Millbrook Steamboat and Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, management identified that an impairment charge of £168,955 was required to lower the net book value of a motor vessel to its recoverable amount.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, David Ian | Director | 2002-06-19 | Jul 1954 | British |
| BLAND, Colin Andrew | Director | 2011-07-21 | Apr 1962 | British |
| DUNN, Nicholas Geoffrey | Director | 2013-09-26 | Dec 1959 | English |
| JONES, John Robert | Director | 2013-09-26 | Jan 1971 | British |
| MERRINGTON, Paul Edward | Director | 2017-04-27 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, John Robert | Secretary | 2011-07-21 | 2019-05-28 |
| MCCOLL, James Robert | Secretary | 2019-05-28 | 2022-05-12 |
| SMALLWOOD, Philip Robert | Secretary | 2004-09-29 | 2011-05-11 |
| SUMMERS, Alan Mark Herbert | Secretary | — | 2004-09-29 |
| ALLAN, Ian | Director | — | 2004-06-16 |
| BARRY, David Jeremiah | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2016-01-25 |
| BUTT, John Graham | Director | — | 2013-12-12 |
| CHRISTY, Norman David | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2018-05-09 |
| COGAR, John Barry Seymour | Director | — | 2008-06-11 |
| EVANS, John | Director | — | 2007-06-13 |
| MADGE, David John | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2006-08-30 |
| MCALPINE, William Hepburn, Sir | Director | — | 2018-03-04 |
| MCCOLL, James Robert | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2022-05-12 |
| PALMER, Michael Richard | Director | 1997-04-30 | 2008-06-11 |
| POOLEY, Andrew James | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2018-12-19 |
| SAUNDERS, Robert John Sherwood | Director | — | 2003-01-29 |
| SNELL, John Bernard | Director | 1992-02-26 | 2008-06-11 |
| SUMMERS, Alan Mark Herbert | Director | — | 2008-06-11 |
| WOODMAN, Robert William | Director | — | 1992-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy John Hosking | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-26 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
last 12 months
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