DORRINGTON PLC
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Cash
£17m
+16.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£602m
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
32
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£18m
-217.7% vs 2024
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 | £88,711,000 | £90,849,000 | £79,422,000 | -12.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£50,283,000 | £48,622,000 | £11,636,000 | -76.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£80,250,000 | £15,550,000 | -£18,300,000 | -217.7% | |
| Net profit | -£62,338,000 | £12,342,000 | -£10,709,000 | -186.8% | |
| Cash | £9,138,000 | £14,273,000 | £16,602,000 | +16.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,020,858,000 | £1,173,351,000 | £1,155,357,000 | -1.5% | |
| Net assets | £613,460,000 | £623,751,000 | £602,404,000 | -3.4% | |
| Equity | £613,460,000 | £623,751,000 | £602,404,000 | -3.4% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 32 | 32 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,807,000 | £4,418,000 | £4,775,000 | +8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,894,000 | £1,782,000 | £1,723,000 | -3.3% |
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 | -56.7% | 53.5% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | -70.3% | 13.6% | -13.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.9% | 4.1% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 1.18x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | -1.68x | 1.41x | 0.37x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- DORRINGTON PLC 2023-06-21 → present
- DORRINGTON PROPERTY GROUP PLC 2023-06-21 → 2023-06-21
- DORRINGTON PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED 2019-03-23 → 2023-06-21
- TAMOA LIMITED 1972-08-09 → 2019-03-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on reviewing these forecasts and sensitivities the directors have concluded that the company is a going concern for at least 12 months from the point of signing the financial statements and accordingly have prepared the financial statements on this basis.”
Group structure
- DORRINGTON PLC · parent
- Dorrington Investment Holdings PLC 100%
- Dorrington Estates Limited 100%
- Hanover Administrators Limited 100%
- Hanover Financial Services Limited 100%
- Lovat Pride (Mineral Water) Limited 100%
- Portmans (Property Consultants) Limited 100%
- SGMS Limited 100%
- Tamoa Investments Limited 100%
- 135 Ashmore Road Limited 100%
- Barcforest Limited 100%
- Capital & District Properties Limited 100%
- City West End & Suburban Shop Property Company Limited 100%
- Dorrington Housing Limited 100%
- Dorrington Investment Plc 100%
- London Consolidated Properties Limited 100%
- Lyndale Development Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group refinanced on acceptable terms all loans that were due for repayment during the year.”
- “We have extended our loans repayable in 2026 to December 2027 and are in discussion regarding the renewal of a loan maturing in March 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANOVER MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | — | — |
| GIBLIN, Andrew Richard | Director | 2019-04-17 | Dec 1978 | British |
| GORVY, Manfred Stanley | Director | — | May 1938 | British |
| GORVY, Sean Brendan, Dr | Director | 1997-07-07 | Jan 1963 | British |
| HARRIS, Robert | Director | 2019-04-17 | Feb 1962 | British |
| JENKINS, Michael Ben | Director | 2021-02-22 | Sep 1972 | British |
| LEIBOWITZ, Alan Jay | Director | 1995-04-27 | Aug 1952 | British |
| SWALES, Harry | Director | 2023-10-02 | Feb 1980 | British |
| THOMPSON, Bruce Oliver | Director | 2019-04-17 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIANG, Alexander Jong-Luan | Director | 1997-03-26 | 1997-05-30 |
| KENNEDY, John Patrick | Director | 2018-12-27 | 2021-02-22 |
| MOROSS, Trevor | Director | 1997-03-26 | 2022-04-01 |
| SALVESEN, Duncan James | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2023-12-31 |
| SCHOENFELD, Nicholas Jakub | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-01-05 |
| WUNSH, Ronald Leon | Director | — | 1997-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Acceptances Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-06-21 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2023-06-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-09-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-06-21 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-06-21 | AUDR | auditors | Auditors report | |
| 2023-06-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-21 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-21 | AUDS | auditors | Auditors statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.