DAYLA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-22 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+11.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
173
+7.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-02-01 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £30,589,376 | £46,327,393 | £54,375,919 | £59,860,657 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,436,807 | £2,768,783 | £1,515,871 | £1,490,955 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,397,132 | £2,713,119 | £1,530,672 | £1,605,566 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,125,024 | £1,203,928 | |
| Cash | — | £8,019,402 | £9,334,651 | £11,125,476 | £10,735,505 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,603,618 | £8,966,516 | £10,362,399 | £11,614,544 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,170,639 | £8,311,680 | £9,386,704 | £10,490,632 | |
| Equity | — | £6,170,639 | £8,311,680 | £9,386,704 | £10,490,632 | |
| Average employees | — | 113 | 140 | 161 | 173 | |
| Wages | — | £3,438,753 | £4,682,711 | £5,907,037 | £6,614,638 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £245,567 | £361,890 | £373,247 | £417,451 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+10.1%
£54,375,919 £59,860,657
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-3.5%
£11,125,476 £10,735,505
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£9,386,704 £10,490,632
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+7.5%
161 173
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-1.6%
£1,515,871 £1,490,955
-
Profit before tax
+4.9%
£1,530,672 £1,605,566
-
Wages
+12%
£5,907,037 £6,614,638
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-02-01 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.7% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.1% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 21.8% | 30.9% | 14.6% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 51.5% | 47.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.94x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | 32.06x | 31.61x | 6.99x | 6.40x |
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
- DAYLA LIMITED 2000-11-08 → present
- DAYLA SOFT DRINKS (SOUTHERN) LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 2000-11-08
- NORTH & RANDALL LIMITED 1943-12-31 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months following the approval of these financial statements. The Directors are of the opinion that the Company can meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “new second site of 36,000 square feet was finally commissioned as a fully-fledged 2nd depot midway through the year”
- “Company has identified the need to invest further in its own in-house IT department”
- “Directors are on target with their 5 year plan for the business, as set out in 2023, involving relocation to a Super Depot single site operation to run 24/7.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPHAM, Peter Brine | Secretary | 2019-02-01 | — | — |
| COOPER, Daniel | Director | 2019-02-01 | Sep 1988 | British |
| COOPER, Kazandra Timar | Director | 2025-10-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
| COOPER, Timothy John | Director | — | Apr 1957 | British |
| LAPHAM, James | Director | 2019-02-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| LAPHAM, Peter Brine | Director | — | Nov 1949 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Margaret Patricia | Secretary | — | 2008-05-28 |
| COOPER, Timothy John | Secretary | 2008-05-28 | 2019-02-01 |
| COOPER, Margaret Patricia | Director | — | 2013-05-17 |
| COOPER, Richard Ernest | Director | — | 2014-01-20 |
| MACMILLAN, Joan Mary | Director | — | 1999-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Frances Lapham | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-03 |
| Mr Timothy John Cooper | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-03 |
| Dayla Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.