DORRINGTON INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PLC
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Cash
£15m
+8.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£374m
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
32
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£22m
-369.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-29.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £57,773,000 | £62,071,000 | £59,284,000 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£67,928,000 | £21,497,000 | £1,626,000 | -92.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£93,672,000 | -£4,767,000 | -£22,372,000 | -369.3% | |
| Net profit | -£72,545,000 | -£1,477,000 | -£13,707,000 | -828% | |
| Cash | £5,025,000 | £13,569,000 | £14,703,000 | +8.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £841,372,000 | £935,316,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £393,572,000 | £395,044,000 | £373,699,000 | -5.4% | |
| Equity | £393,572,000 | £395,044,000 | £373,699,000 | -5.4% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 32 | 32 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,807,000 | £4,418,000 | £4,775,000 | +8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,894,000 | £1,827,000 | £1,730,000 | -5.3% |
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 | -117.6% | 34.6% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | -125.6% | -2.4% | -23.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.1% | 2.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.6% | 63.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.27x | 0.49x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | -2.64x | 0.81x | 0.07x |
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 INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PLC 2023-06-21 → present
- DORRINGTON PLC 2007-10-04 → 2023-06-21
- DORRINGTON HOLDINGS PLC 1988-05-31 → 2007-10-04
- MEASUREBID PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1987-07-29 → 1988-05-31
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 INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PLC · parent
- British Consolidated Investment Corporation Limited 100%
- Dorrington Investment PLC 100%
- Dorrington Properties PLC 100%
- 135 Ashmore Road Limited 100%
- City West End & Suburban Shop Property Company Limited 100%
- Clifton House Islington Limited 100%
- Dorrington Belgravia Limited 100%
- Dorrington City Limited 100%
- Dorrington Fulwood Limited 100%
- Dorrington Hatton Limited 100%
- Dorrington Investment Trust Limited 100%
- Dorrington Living Limited 100%
- Dorrington London Flats Limited 100%
- Dorrington Management Limited 100%
- Dorrington Midtown Limited 100%
- Dorrington Projects Limited 100%
- Dorrington Property Developments Limited 100%
- Dorrington Queensway Limited 100%
- Dorrington Southside Limited 100%
- Dorrington Southwark Limited 100%
- Dorrington West Limited 100%
- Eaton Manor Hove Limited 100%
- F & D Knight Limited 100%
- Hampstead Property (Residential) Limited 100%
- Hampstead Property Limited 100%
- Hanover Acceptances Investments Limited 100%
- Hanover Dorrington Limited 100%
- Heath (Properties) Limited 100%
- London Consolidated Investments Limited 100%
- London Consolidated Properties Limited 100%
- Sarsfield Properties Limited 100%
- Spice Property Investments Limited 100%
- Throgmorton Securities Limited 100%
- Walworth Investment Properties Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the year end, an element of the Group's bank loans fell due for repayment by end of 2026. The Group has since extended those loans to December 2027. The loans are repayable at par over various periods between 2027 and 2034.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANOVER MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | — | — |
| GIBLIN, Andrew Richard | Director | 2016-05-05 | Dec 1978 | British |
| GORVY, Manfred Stanley | Director | — | May 1938 | British |
| GORVY, Sean Brendan, Dr | Director | 1997-07-07 | Jan 1963 | British |
| HARRIS, Robert | Director | 2011-04-18 | Feb 1962 | British |
| JENKINS, Michael Ben | Director | 2021-02-22 | Sep 1972 | British |
| SWALES, Harry | Director | 2023-10-02 | Feb 1980 | British |
| THOMPSON, Bruce Oliver | Director | 2011-04-18 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT-BLACKLOCK, Robert Malcolm | Director | 1994-05-06 | 1997-03-27 |
| CHIANG, Alexander Jong-Luan | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| GORVY, Harold Aubrey | Director | — | 1994-05-06 |
| GREEN, William | Director | — | 1999-03-05 |
| KENNEDY, John Patrick | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2021-02-22 |
| LEIBOWITZ, Alan Jay | Director | — | 2022-01-18 |
| MOROSS, Trevor | Director | 1991-07-14 | 2021-04-01 |
| ROGERS, John Terence | Director | 1999-12-16 | 2005-11-18 |
| SALVESEN, Duncan James | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2023-12-31 |
| SCHOENFELD, Nicholas | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2015-01-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorrington Property Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-27 | Active |
| Hanover Acceptances Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-06-21 CONNOT Change of name notice
| 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 | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.