P B DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION (WATFORD) LIMITED
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Cash
£226k
-39.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.6m
-3.1% vs 2024
Employees
63
-13.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£27k
+82.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £4,087,679 | £15,387,453 | £15,091,530 | -1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £111,985 | £5,120 | £178,403 | +3,384.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£151,810 | -£156,767 | -£27,055 | +82.7% | |
| Net profit | -£130,592 | -£108,330 | -£142,929 | -31.9% | |
| Cash | £1,418 | £371,255 | £226,118 | -39.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,041,710 | £7,493,839 | £7,474,610 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,004,272 | £4,793,946 | £4,643,749 | -3.1% | |
| Equity | £1,004,272 | £4,793,946 | £4,643,749 | -3.1% | |
| Average employees | 35 | 73 | 63 | -13.7% | |
| Wages | £1,126,164 | £2,998,224 | £2,517,836 | -16% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £18,639 | £86,390 | £88,070 | +1.9% |
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 | 2.7% | 0.0% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | -3.2% | -0.7% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 0.1% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.1% | 53.1% | 55.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 0.73x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | 0.42x | 0.03x | 0.86x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- P B DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION (WATFORD) LIMITED · parent
- Kerville Properties Limited 100%
- P B Donoghue (Waste Management) Limited 100%
- PB Donoghue (Green Lanes) Limited 100%
- P. B. Donoghue (Construction) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The relocation in March 2024 from its long-established London site to its new head office and depot in Watford.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONOGHUE, Elizabeth | Director | 2015-09-16 | Sep 1941 | Irish |
| DONOGHUE, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2015-09-16 | Jun 1968 | British |
| DONOGHUE, Peter Bernard | Director | 2015-09-16 | Mar 1964 | British |
| ENRIGHT, Claire Louise | Director | 2015-09-16 | Aug 1975 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Eithne Bridget | Director | 2015-09-16 | Oct 1966 | Irish |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONOGHUE, Philip Bernard | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2023-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Eithne Bridget Mcgowan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-05-07 | Active |
| Peter Bernard Donoghue | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-05-07 | Active |
| Elizabeth Donoghue | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-01 | Active |
| Mr Philip Bernard Donoghue | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-05-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-07-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.