DUDLEY INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Cash
£960k
-40.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.2m
+20.7% vs 2023
Employees
87
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£604k
-14.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,698,000 | £8,297,000 | -4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £703,000 | £604,000 | -14.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £703,000 | £604,000 | -14.1% | |
| Net profit | £448,000 | £550,000 | +22.8% | |
| Cash | £1,604,000 | £960,000 | -40.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,993,000 | £3,665,000 | +22.5% | |
| Net assets | £2,654,000 | £3,204,000 | +20.7% | |
| Equity | £2,654,000 | £3,204,000 | +20.7% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 87 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £2,774,000 | £2,901,000 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £134,000 | £135,000 | +0.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,000 | £9,000 | +125% | |
| Highest paid director | £134,000 | £135,000 | +0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.5% | 16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.1% | 37.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 2.11x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- DUDLEY INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1982-06-25 → present
- DUDLEY HILL ENGINEERING CO LIMITED 1942-07-20 → 1982-06-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The directors have reviewed the financial position of the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Company will have sufficient funds, through funding, if required, from its fellow subsidiary Rentokil Initial 1927 plc, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the directors' approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No significant post balance sheet events have taken place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, James Robert Anthony | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| KIRK, James Ronald | Director | 2023-03-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| WEBB, Brian Maurice | Director | 2011-05-25 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Gareth Trevor | Secretary | 1998-04-21 | 2006-01-03 |
| FAGAN, Daragh Patrick Feltrim | Secretary | 2016-04-29 | 2016-08-04 |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul | Secretary | 2006-01-03 | 2014-07-23 |
| INESON, John | Secretary | — | 1997-04-28 |
| LAAN, Alexandra | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2016-04-29 |
| STEAD, Catherine | Secretary | 2016-08-04 | 2024-03-31 |
| PLANT NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-04-28 | 1998-05-01 |
| BAILLAVOINE, Bruno Jean-Marie | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1995-09-30 |
| CAPPER, Peter James | Director | 1998-04-21 | 2007-08-01 |
| CAPPER, Peter James | Director | — | 1997-04-28 |
| CHANDLER, Henry James Lindsay | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| COURT, James | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2011-05-25 |
| FIELDING, Robert Michael George | Director | — | 1995-05-05 |
| HARPER, Kenneth Burton | Director | — | 1995-05-05 |
| HIGHAM, Gordon Cyril | Director | 2009-09-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| HULL, David Anthony | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1996-08-14 |
| INESON, John | Director | 1998-04-21 | 1999-07-30 |
| INESON, John | Director | — | 1997-04-28 |
| KEITH, Gordon | Director | 1998-04-21 | 1999-07-21 |
| MAES, Gert Georges Josephine | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2009-09-02 |
| MCCORMICK, John Robert | Director | 1995-10-27 | 1996-07-19 |
| ROSS JONES, Allan, Dr | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2006-09-18 |
| SHIELDS, John David | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2007-08-01 |
| WERNER, Michael Giso Otto | Director | 2009-09-02 | 2011-04-30 |
| GRAYSTON CENTRAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-04-28 | 1998-04-21 |
| PLANT NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-04-28 | 1998-04-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rentokil Initial (1993) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.