DALES 2002 LIMITED
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Cash
£9m
+30.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
+9.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
115
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-7.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £15,890,643 | £21,865,133 | £22,511,554 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £704,475 | £1,737,580 | £1,647,290 | -5.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £810,153 | £1,863,461 | £1,723,787 | -7.5% | |
| Net profit | £605,486 | £1,384,356 | £1,276,790 | -7.8% | |
| Cash | £5,864,694 | £6,886,467 | £8,999,241 | +30.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,047,009 | £13,329,223 | £14,570,223 | +9.3% | |
| Net assets | £11,779,830 | £13,010,186 | £14,262,976 | +9.6% | |
| Equity | £11,779,830 | £13,010,186 | £14,262,976 | +9.6% | |
| Average employees | 107 | 112 | 115 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £5,254,997 | £6,055,757 | £6,067,107 | +0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £198,245 | £318,341 | £455,149 | +43% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £97,245 | £140,755 | £138,700 | -1.5% |
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 | 4.4% | 7.9% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 6.3% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 13.0% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.3% | 21.5% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.30x | 4.25x | 7.42x |
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
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the group has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- DALES 2002 LIMITED · parent
- Dales Engineering Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASSON GLENNIE LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2002-08-01 | — | — |
| DUNCAN, Jacqueline Bell | Director | 2013-06-06 | Jun 1958 | British |
| DUNCAN, William George | Director | 2002-08-06 | Jun 1957 | British |
| MACKIE, Graham Alexander | Director | 2002-08-06 | Jan 1956 | British |
| MACKIE, Nina | Director | 2013-06-06 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILTON, Bruce | Nominee Director | 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William George Duncan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Graham Alexander Mackie | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.