DRUMGRANGE LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6m
-4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
+20% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
172
+5.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.5m
+5.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,229,160 | £12,404,796 | £14,742,623 | £21,770,193 | £26,912,628 | £29,056,610 | +8% | |
| Operating profit | -£152,205 | £675,380 | £576,581 | £2,251,995 | £3,301,790 | £3,395,916 | +2.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£163,907 | £666,111 | £570,301 | £2,246,692 | £3,337,351 | £3,529,098 | +5.7% | |
| Net profit | -£71,895 | £615,293 | £432,615 | £1,990,576 | £2,887,383 | £2,641,145 | -8.5% | |
| Cash | £2,694,355 | £4,544,549 | £4,170,433 | £1,890,558 | £7,952,246 | £7,563,870 | -4.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,029,517 | £6,626,603 | £6,484,442 | £8,511,586 | £11,017,037 | £12,904,708 | +17.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,639,823 | £6,255,116 | £6,154,681 | £8,145,257 | £10,702,227 | £12,847,815 | +20% | |
| Equity | £5,639,823 | £6,255,116 | £6,154,681 | £8,145,257 | £10,702,227 | £12,847,815 | +20% | |
| Average employees | 97 | 99 | 119 | 138 | 163 | 172 | +5.5% | |
| Wages | £4,987,797 | £5,457,673 | £6,673,830 | £8,103,931 | £10,262,806 | £11,258,473 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £448,635 | £485,774 | £571,514 | £590,599 | £648,269 | £905,241 | +39.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £17,032 | £21,877 | £31,805 | +45.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £160,000 | £177,672 | £332,336 | +87.1% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.5% | 5.4% | 3.9% | 10.3% | 12.3% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 9.1% | 10.7% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.5% | 10.2% | 8.9% | 26.5% | 30.0% | 26.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.1% | 36.8% | 29.6% | 32.6% | 43.8% | 26.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.73x | 2.08x | 3.35x | |
| Interest cover | -11.50x | 70.66x | 63.50x | — | — | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the company's ability to continue as a going concern, taking into account its cash resources, expected operating cash flows, existing contracted activity, anticipated expenditure and the principal risks and uncertainties facing the business.”
Significant events
- “The bank loan was repaid in full in March 2025.”
- “P Abraham (passed away 11 September 2025)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWE, George | Secretary | — | — | British |
| ABRAHAM, Sarah Abigail | Director | 2018-10-24 | Dec 1966 | British |
| HARDMAN, Peter Anthony | Director | 2019-01-15 | Nov 1959 | British |
| HOWE, Brenda Irene | Director | — | Mar 1940 | British |
| HOWE, George | Director | — | Dec 1947 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAM, Paul | Director | 2024-02-01 | 2025-09-11 |
| HOWE, Robert George | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2023-11-21 |
| MERRIFIELD, Mark William | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2019-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Howe | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-23 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.