WALTER DAVIDSON & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£34m
Equity attributable
Employees
658
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.3m
Period ending 2024-01-31
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
1-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £69,793,146 | — | |
| Operating profit | £4,407,089 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,267,830 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,685,758 | — | |
| Cash | £2,650,400 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,317,311 | — | |
| Net assets | £33,802,773 | — | |
| Equity | £33,802,773 | — | |
| Average employees | 658 | — | |
| Wages | £12,757,359 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £652,238 | — |
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's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | 31.65x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “GWI Davidson (Deceased 20 March 2026)”
- “Dividends totalling £558,250 (2025 - £346,500) were paid in the year in respect of shares held by the company's directors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Allan Stewart | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | — | British |
| COWLE, Kathleen | Director | 2021-03-30 | Sep 1974 | British |
| GORDON, Allan Stewart | Director | 1993-03-01 | May 1966 | British |
| GORDON, Karen Hazel | Director | 2010-02-15 | Aug 1973 | British |
| LONSDALE, Terry Harmer | Director | — | Sep 1944 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULL, Ian Gordon | Secretary | — | 1989-10-18 |
| LONSDALE, Terry Harmer | Secretary | 1989-10-18 | 1993-10-01 |
| BAIN, Stuart Mckay | Director | 1991-05-23 | 1995-06-28 |
| BAIN, Stuart Mckay | Director | — | 1991-05-23 |
| COULL, Ian Gordon | Director | — | 2012-05-21 |
| DAVIDSON, Douglas Walter Mcgeorge | Director | — | 2018-02-01 |
| DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving | Director | 1990-03-14 | 2026-03-20 |
| LUMSDEN, Innes | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| MCGUIRE, Andrew James | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1998-08-15 |
| MURRAY, John Mcbeth | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2007-04-27 |
| SIMMS, Leslie Richard | Director | — | 2002-10-31 |
| TOLLAND, Lindsay Cameron | Director | 1990-04-11 | 1992-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Walter Irving Davidson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
| Gail Davidson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.