D B WOOD LIMITED
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Cash
£511k
+37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£6.3m
+71.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
42
+7.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.5m
+153.1% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £5,811,742 | £7,158,896 | +23.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,733,929 | £3,634,932 | +33% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,385,297 | £3,506,519 | +153.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £585,883 | £2,633,026 | +349.4% | |
| Cash | £549,159 | £982,345 | £371,911 | £511,413 | +37.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,278,415 | £3,384,403 | £4,327,270 | £6,931,906 | +60.2% | |
| Net assets | £1,968,245 | £2,794,682 | £3,688,986 | £6,331,947 | +71.6% | |
| Equity | £1,968,245 | £2,794,682 | £3,688,986 | £6,321,947 | +71.4% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 30 | 39 | 42 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,482,888 | £1,893,041 | +27.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £90,458 | £144,240 | +59.5% |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 47.0% | 50.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 10.1% | 36.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 63.2% | 52.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.50x | 3.72x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 61.48x | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue to trade for at least 12 months from the date of this report and consequently, have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No events have occurred between the balance sheet date and the date of this report, which have had an adjusting or non-adjusting impact on the results and amounts disclosed in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Ashley | Secretary | 2001-10-29 | — | British |
| BROOKS, Ashley | Director | 2001-10-29 | Jan 1969 | British |
| CAVALIERE, Carlo | Director | 2022-02-25 | Jan 1969 | British |
| UNDERWOOD, Tracey Louise | Director | 2022-02-25 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-10-29 | 2001-10-29 |
| COLE, Michael Andrew | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2007-06-15 |
| HICKS, Graham Walter | Director | 2001-10-29 | 2007-06-19 |
| SIMMS, Michael David | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2018-02-07 |
| UNDERWOOD, Tracey Louise | Director | 2015-01-07 | 2018-11-30 |
| WILSON, Richard James | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2016-01-01 |
| AR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-10-29 | 2001-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisteria Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Ashley Brooks | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-07 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-07-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-07-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.