DON & LOW LIMITED
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Cash
£9.3k
-36.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£58k
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
338
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.8k
+53.1% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £56,950,000 | £55,834 | £61,057 | +9.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,349,000 | -£8,518 | -£3,851 | +54.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,189,000 | -£8,203 | -£3,845 | +53.1% | |
| Net profit | -£1,118,000 | -£6,854 | -£1,345 | +80.4% | |
| Cash | £19,483,000 | £14,663 | £9,332 | -36.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £78,653,000 | £64,459 | £59,203 | -8.2% | |
| Net assets | £69,447,000 | £58,952 | £57,549 | -2.4% | |
| Equity | £69,447,000 | £58,952 | £57,549 | -2.4% | |
| Average employees | 361 | 344 | 338 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £12,394,000 | £12,868 | £12,811 | -0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £281,000 | £268 | £223 | -16.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,000 | £20,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £188,000 | £189 | £196 | +3.7% |
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 | -5.9% | -15.3% | -6.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | -12.3% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.3% | -13.2% | -6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.9% | 23.1% | 23.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.21x | 3.30x | 2.74x | |
| Interest cover | -8.09x | -24.55x | -13.51x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DON & LOW LIMITED 1997-10-01 → present
- DON & LOW (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1987-04-30 → 1997-10-01
- DON BROTHERS BUIST PLC 1904-07-06 → 1987-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its bank facilities. The current economic conditions have created uncertainty... show that the Group is expected be able to operate within the level of its current facilities.”
Group structure
- DON & LOW LIMITED · parent
- Don & Low (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Don & Low Nonwovens Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Colin James | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | — | British |
| CAMPBELL, William David Sandeman | Director | 2026-01-19 | Mar 1988 | British |
| CHALIORIS, Konstantinos | Director | 1999-09-21 | Sep 1962 | Greek |
| DIMIOU, Athanasios | Director | 2025-04-11 | Mar 1963 | Greek |
| JOHNSON, Colin James | Director | 2008-09-01 | May 1969 | British |
| KARAGEORGIOU, Christos | Director | 2025-02-12 | Apr 1971 | Greek |
| MALAMOS, Dimitrios | Director | 2022-03-29 | Feb 1976 | Greek |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, William Stewart | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 1999-11-01 |
| DUFFY, Stephen | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| HOWIE, Stuart Lickley | Secretary | — | 1990-09-28 |
| WARD, Kenneth Duncan | Secretary | 1990-09-28 | 1995-05-31 |
| ANDROUTSOPOULOS, Nicos | Director | 2000-09-13 | 2003-09-17 |
| BAXTER, William Stewart | Director | 1997-09-16 | 2000-10-31 |
| BENNIE, Stephen Allan | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2015-12-31 |
| COWAN, Guy Michael | Director | 1996-05-04 | 1997-02-07 |
| CROMBIE, Graeme Henry | Director | 1992-11-04 | 1994-03-31 |
| DEWICK, Graham | Director | 1993-12-14 | 2003-05-07 |
| DUFFY, Stephen | Director | 1999-07-12 | 2015-12-31 |
| DUNN, Robert | Director | 1997-09-16 | 2007-12-31 |
| FOOTITT, Graham Lawrence | Director | 1994-04-28 | 1995-03-31 |
| GALLOWAY, Keith William | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2024-03-31 |
| GELLATLY, Duncan Alexander | Director | 2009-11-02 | 2010-04-05 |
| GOURLAY, Ernest Smart | Director | — | 1989-12-31 |
| GRINYER, Peter Hugh | Director | — | 1991-08-15 |
| HASLAM, Christopher Nigel Culloden | Director | — | 1990-05-04 |
| HENKES, Evert | Director | — | 1992-11-04 |
| KNEESHAW, Robert | Director | 1997-02-07 | 1999-09-09 |
| LOW, Peter Soutar | Director | — | 1991-04-26 |
| LOW, William Barclay | Director | 1997-09-16 | 2000-05-31 |
| LOW, William | Director | — | 1989-10-27 |
| MACCALLUM, Alasdair Norman | Director | — | 2001-01-26 |
| NEWSTEAD, Mark Henry Peter | Director | 2017-04-24 | 2017-10-23 |
| PANTZOPOULOS, Stefanos | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2000-10-25 |
| PETRIE, David | Director | 1997-09-16 | 2001-10-30 |
| RAISER, Malcolm Lewis | Director | 1989-07-21 | 1992-04-22 |
| REID, Martin Graham | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| ROSSI, Giuseppe | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2003-05-07 |
| SHORT, Paul Anthony | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2010-03-23 |
| STOTVIG, Steinar | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2000-07-01 |
| WARD, Kenneth Duncan | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| ZAIROPOULOS, Vasilios | Director | 2014-11-21 | 2025-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrace Plastics Co Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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