DONNELLY & TAGGART LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5M
+98.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.7M
+15.4% vs 2024
Employees
68
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+0.6% vs 2024
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 Consumer Discretionary 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 | £48,956,835 | £57,822,229 | £59,410,763 | +2.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,135,926 | £1,116,745 | £1,081,141 | -3.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,041,792 | £1,015,869 | £1,022,165 | +0.6% | |
| Net profit | £789,265 | £752,168 | £760,473 | +1.1% | |
| Cash | £1,169,911 | £764,275 | £1,517,589 | +98.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,546,893 | £5,662,861 | £6,158,598 | +8.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,727,316 | £4,928,484 | £5,688,957 | +15.4% | |
| Equity | £5,727,316 | £4,928,484 | £5,688,957 | +15.4% | |
| Average employees | 65 | 67 | 68 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £2,263,648 | £2,366,982 | £2,488,350 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £232,724 | £239,539 | £141,761 | -40.8% |
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 | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.4% | 19.7% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.27x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 12.07x | 11.07x | 18.33x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period until 30 June 2027.”
Group structure
- DONNELLY & TAGGART LIMITED · parent
- Donnelly & Taggart (Ballymena) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERR, Malcolm | Secretary | 2019-12-01 | — | — |
| CRESSWELL, David | Director | 2014-08-20 | Oct 1981 | British |
| DONNELLY, Terence Anthony | Director | 1991-08-09 | Jun 1952 | Irish |
| MURRAY, Edwin Gerard | Director | 2004-01-08 | Aug 1970 | Irish |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN, Philip | Secretary | 2013-11-01 | 2019-11-30 |
| KERR, Malcolm | Secretary | 1991-08-09 | 2013-11-01 |
| CUNNAH, Lesley Ann | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| DONNELLY, Patrick Raymond | Director | 2005-01-03 | 2023-11-10 |
| DONNELLY, Paul Peter | Director | 1991-08-09 | 2002-12-20 |
| DONNELLY, Raymond | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2003-01-13 |
| O'HANLON, Martin | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2003-09-05 |
| POLLOCK, Victor Joseph | Director | 1991-08-09 | 2018-12-14 |
| TAGGART, Fredrick Houston Woodside | Director | 1991-08-09 | 2024-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Fredrick Houston Taggart | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Donnelly Bros. Garages (Dungannon) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.