DONTAUR ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6M
+436.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+54% vs 2024
Employees
65
+20.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8M
+86.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,319,908 | £14,536,241 | +40.9% | |
| Operating profit | £653,376 | £2,740,651 | +319.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,479,175 | £2,760,035 | +86.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,516,375 | £2,107,053 | +39% | |
| Cash | £668,075 | £3,581,298 | +436.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,937,658 | £6,137,102 | +55.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,900,020 | £6,007,073 | +54% | |
| Equity | £3,900,020 | £6,007,073 | +54% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 65 | +20.4% | |
| Wages | £2,171,475 | £2,609,412 | +20.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £11,916 | £11,916 | 0% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 18.9% | |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 14.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | 44.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.22x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PGR Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of Dontaur Engineering Limited have reviewed the appropriateness of the going concern assumption and believe that the company has sufficient resources available to enable it to continue to meet its ongoing obligations for at least a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The companys financial performance and forecasts to 31 August 2027, after considering plausible downside scenarios, show that the company continues to be cash generative. Accordingly, the Directors believe that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DONTAUR ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Aerospace Metal Finishers Limited 100%
- Aerospace Metal Finishers Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year-end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HICKLIN, Tracey Lynn | Secretary | 2013-01-31 | — | British |
| HICKLIN, Nigel Paul | Director | 1977-06-29 | May 1963 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HICKLIN, Lesley Anne | Secretary | 1977-06-29 | 2007-06-12 |
| MCCAMBRIDGE, Brendan | Secretary | 2007-06-12 | 2013-01-31 |
| HICKLIN, Brenda Gertrude | Director | 1977-06-29 | 2026-03-07 |
| MCCAMBRIDGE, Brendan | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Brenda Gertrude Hicklin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
| Mr Nigel Paul Hicklin | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.