DUDLEY & KENT COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD
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Cash
£711K
+87.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£66K
+65.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
175
+21.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£124K
+129.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,351,000 | £14,717,000 | £12,360,000 | -16% | |
| Operating profit | -£245,000 | £27,000 | £58,000 | +114.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£244,000 | £54,000 | £124,000 | +129.6% | |
| Net profit | -£244,000 | £54,000 | £124,000 | +129.6% | |
| Cash | £552,000 | £380,000 | £711,000 | +87.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,000 | £266,000 | £390,000 | +46.6% | |
| Net assets | -£244,000 | -£190,000 | -£66,000 | +65.3% | |
| Equity | -£244,000 | -£190,000 | -£66,000 | +65.3% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 144 | 175 | +21.5% | |
| Wages | — | £3,617,000 | £4,330,000 | +19.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.9% | 0.2% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.8% | 0.4% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 10.2% | 14.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 104.3% | 103.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.06x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | -35.00x | 2.08x | 4.83x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite a small profit for the year, the Company had net habilities of £66,000 at 31 March 2025 However it had cash at bank of £711,000 and net current assets of £388,000, with the overall net habilities arising due to long terms loans owed to the Company's two corporate Directors, who are also the shareholders These loans will not need to be settled until 1 September 2025 at the earhest, as disclosed in note 13 The Company's forecast and projections for 12 months after the signing of these accounts, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Company should be able to operate without any additional borrowing facilities being required As a consequence, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risk successfully Therefore, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future The directors have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLES, Robert Frank | Director | 2025-05-19 | Mar 1969 | British |
| JONES, Kathryn Marie | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jan 1976 | British |
| MCGURK, Nicholas | Director | 2025-03-27 | Sep 1987 | British |
| NASH, Andrew James | Director | 2026-04-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
| COMMERCIAL SERVICES KENT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2022-05-11 | — | — |
| DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL | Corporate Director | 2022-05-11 | — | — |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULCI, Luisa | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2025-02-21 |
| JOHNSON, Matthew David | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2026-03-31 |
| LOCK, Helen Fay | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2025-05-19 |
| O'KEEFE, Kevin John | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2024-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Services Kent Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-05-11 | Active |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-05-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 16 of 16 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-05-11 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.