D.K. FORECOURTS LIMITED
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Cash
£7M
+30.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+22% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
62
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £30,027,671 | £30,270,818 | £29,141,686 | -3.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,024,773 | £1,857,394 | £1,864,559 | +0.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,032,952 | £1,949,549 | £1,969,212 | +1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,569,847 | £1,443,978 | £1,448,275 | +0.3% | |
| Cash | £1,104,991 | £1,662,772 | £2,303,275 | £4,629,351 | £5,411,057 | £7,042,285 | +30.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,645,710 | £3,300,511 | £4,147,177 | £5,998,370 | £7,312,144 | £8,715,112 | +19.2% | |
| Net assets | £1,540,850 | £2,119,876 | £3,166,271 | £5,129,883 | £6,572,861 | £8,020,136 | +22% | |
| Equity | £1,540,850 | £2,119,876 | £3,166,271 | £5,129,883 | £6,572,861 | £8,020,136 | +22% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 61 | 62 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £854,322 | £875,128 | £1,025,513 | +17.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £68,322 | £70,950 | £86,932 | +22.5% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.7% | 6.1% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 33.8% | 25.4% | 21.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 40.4% | 32.1% | 29.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.26x | 2.70x | 3.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 52.07x | 36.50x | 17.72x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bevan Buckland Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- D.K. FORECOURTS LIMITED · parent
- Llewellyns Garage (Blackwood) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the year end, the group transferred the operations of Llewellyn's Garage (Blackwood) Limited to the parent company as part of a restructuring. The subsidiary has ceased trading subsequent to the year end. The financial impact of this restructuring is not reflected in these financial statements as it is a non-adjusting event.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Derek Kurt | Director | 2013-09-24 | Sep 1963 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Scott Derek | Director | 2022-09-26 | Nov 1993 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE, Harold | Nominee Secretary | 1995-07-20 | 1995-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Kerry Diana | Secretary | 1995-07-20 | 2006-08-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Lorna Mary | Secretary | 2006-08-29 | 2017-07-25 |
| WAYNE, Yvonne | Nominee Director | 1995-07-20 | 1995-07-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Derek Kurt | Director | 1995-07-20 | 2013-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Derek Kurt Williams | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2024-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.