DENT LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£203K
+58.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£791K
+9.4% vs 2024
Employees
112
+7.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£68K
+110.5% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,771,117 | £15,569,293 | £16,234,024 | +4.3% | |
| Operating profit | £845,604 | -£27,951 | £806,176 | +2,984.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £394,630 | -£648,028 | £68,261 | +110.5% | |
| Net profit | £450,811 | -£648,028 | £68,261 | +110.5% | |
| Cash | £377,680 | £128,445 | £203,322 | +58.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,385,611 | £7,851,098 | £7,893,900 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,370,968 | £722,940 | £791,201 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | £1,370,968 | £722,940 | £791,201 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | 100 | 104 | 112 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £4,408,310 | £4,936,716 | £5,136,555 | +4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £107,709 | £111,227 | £110,787 | -0.4% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | -0.2% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | -4.2% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | -0.4% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 95.1% | 94.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.69x | 0.59x | 0.58x | |
| Interest cover | 1.88x | -0.05x | 1.09x |
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
- Auditor
- David Allen Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The director plans to continue with the company's present operations and strategies, as well as making further investments in wagons and equipment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENT, Thomas Hugh | Director | 2016-02-22 | Feb 1964 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANNON, Fiona Anne | Director | 2014-01-03 | 2016-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Hugh Dent | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-02-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.