P J DAVIDSON (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.9m
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
Equity attributable
Employees
32
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | £13,107,000 | £26,577,000 | £21,449,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,352,000 | £4,012,000 | £3,501,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,350,000 | £4,201,000 | £3,846,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,435,000 | £3,055,000 | £2,919,000 | — | |
| Cash | £1,884,000 | £6,755,000 | £6,913,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,693,000 | £12,314,000 | £12,010,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £10,281,000 | £11,936,000 | £11,755,000 | — | |
| Equity | £10,281,000 | £11,936,000 | £11,755,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 27 | 29 | 32 | — | |
| Wages | £1,960,000 | £2,353,000 | £2,260,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £117,000 | £159,000 | £193,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 24 months versus 24 months prior. 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 | 10.3% | 15.1% | 16.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 11.5% | 13.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 32.6% | 29.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.3% | 29.1% | 23.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.68x | 2.11x | 2.44x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- P J DAVIDSON (UK) LIMITED 2018-12-03 → present
- VW TRADING LIMITED 2018-08-20 → 2018-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKELS, James Christopher | Director | 2022-08-25 | Jun 1981 | British |
| HARRIS, Anita Suzanne | Director | 2023-09-12 | Oct 1975 | British |
| JOYCE, Benjamin John Walford | Director | 2022-08-25 | Mar 1980 | British |
| OFFORD, Richard Andrew | Director | 2018-11-09 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WOODS, Matthew Gordon | Director | 2018-11-09 | May 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNELL, Naomi Anne | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2023-07-16 |
| GRIFFIN, David John | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2022-08-25 |
| HUMPHREY, Ceri Suzanne | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2021-11-15 |
| ROBERTSON, Alan Robert | Director | 2018-11-09 | 2023-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkerwessels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-08-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.