DRENNAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£7.9m
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
55
-6.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+64.7% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £10,017,597 | £9,840,219 | £10,964,204 | +11.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,319,982 | £1,361,184 | £1,764,573 | +29.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,594,570 | £1,562,370 | £2,573,789 | +64.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,128,035 | £1,576,316 | £1,816,950 | +15.3% | |
| Cash | £5,634,328 | £6,916,340 | £7,902,232 | +14.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,862,154 | £16,603,094 | £17,509,842 | +5.5% | |
| Net assets | £15,495,086 | £16,321,402 | £17,138,352 | +5% | |
| Equity | £15,495,086 | £16,321,402 | £17,138,352 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 60 | 59 | 55 | -6.8% | |
| Wages | £2,005,563 | £2,360,092 | £2,311,616 | -2.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £356,087 | £372,150 | £355,910 | -4.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £146,000 | £146,000 | £146,000 | 0% |
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 | 13.2% | 13.8% | 16.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 16.0% | 16.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 8.2% | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.5% | 9.3% | 9.4% | |
| Current ratio | 8.49x | 8.53x | 8.97x | |
| Interest cover | 17.83x | 70.39x | — |
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
- DRENNAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1986-02-11 → present
- WINTANGO LIMITED 1979-05-16 → 1986-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Nicola Jayne | Secretary | 2019-02-23 | — | — |
| DRENNAN, Peter John | Director | — | Apr 1944 | British |
| DRENNAN, Sara Catherine | Director | 1994-12-22 | Jun 1970 | British |
| FOX, Richard | Director | 2024-06-10 | Sep 1979 | British |
| WHITE, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2008-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRENNAN, Frances Kathleen | Secretary | — | 2019-02-23 |
| BROWNLOW, Peter John | Director | — | 2015-10-20 |
| DRENNAN, Frances Kathleen | Director | — | 2019-02-23 |
| DRENNAN-MCEWAN, Karen Louise | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2018-09-17 |
| GEE, Helen Claire | Director | 1993-06-25 | 1994-09-15 |
| HIGGS, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HYNAN, John | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| NORRIS, Richard Mark | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2020-08-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sara Catherine Drennan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-21 | Active |
| Mrs Frances Kathleen Drennan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-12-19 | Ceased 2019-02-23 |
| Mr Peter John Drennan | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-12-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.