DORRINGTONS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+11.2% highest in 9 filed years

Net assets

£4M

+0.8% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

215

+3.9% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£343K

-24.3% vs 2024

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

DORRINGTONS LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=819

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£7,754,825	—	£8,625,602	—	£9,911,014	£10,810,035
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£597,449	—	£308,582	—	£483,091	£366,447
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£562,213	—	£271,657	—	£453,686	£343,262
Net profit	—	—	£417,926	—	£311,827	—	£214,198	—	£319,644	£230,983
Cash	£426,003	—	£740,064	£740,064	£993,469	£993,469	£1,243,590	£1,243,590	£1,484,617	£1,651,391
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,282,214	—	£4,066,680	—	£4,533,729	—	£4,841,117	—	£5,162,819	£5,204,993
Net assets	£1,725,313	—	£3,284,144	—	£3,595,971	—	£3,810,169	—	£4,129,813	£4,160,796
Equity	£1,725,313	£1,725,313	£3,284,144	£3,284,144	£3,595,971	£3,595,971	£3,810,169	£3,810,169	£4,129,813	£4,160,796
Average employees	192	—	185	—	175	—	184	—	207	215
Wages	—	—	—	—	£3,444,446	—	£3,839,039	—	£4,362,238	£4,966,535
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	£674,528	—	£681,922	—	£858,118	£873,538

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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+9.1%

£9,911,014 £10,810,035

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

+11.2%

£1,484,617 £1,651,391

highest in 9 filed years
Net assets

+0.8%

£4,129,813 £4,160,796

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+3.9%

207 215

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

-24.1%

£483,091 £366,447
Profit before tax

-24.3%

£453,686 £343,262
Wages

+13.9%

£4,362,238 £4,966,535

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	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	7.7%	—	3.6%	—	4.9%	3.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	4.0%	—	2.5%	—	3.2%	2.1%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	13.2%	—	6.4%	—	9.4%	7.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35.2%	38.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.39x	1.18x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	16.94x	—	8.19x	—	13.27x	10.61x

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Peters Elworthy & Moore
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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“On 30 May 2025, the Company acquired commercial premises for consideration of £825,000 before, legal and professional fees. The acquisition was financed in part by a £500,000 mortgage loan, with the balance funded from internal resources. The mortgage is secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company. This event does not represent an adjusting balance sheet event and, accordingly, it has not been reflected in the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 6 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
SHARPLES, Caroline Mary	Secretary	—	—	British
BATCHELOR, Laura Felicity	Director	2019-10-15	Oct 1990	British
DORRINGTON, Wilfred Edward	Director	2018-10-22	Aug 1992	British
GILBERT, Sophie Caroline Dorrington	Director	2018-10-22	Mar 1987	British
SHARPLES, Caroline Mary	Director	1992-11-04	Nov 1955	British

Show 6 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DORRINGTON, George Ernest	Director	—	1992-11-04
DORRINGTON, James Stephen	Director	—	2009-11-19
DORRINGTON, Mary	Director	—	2011-03-31
DORRINGTON, Nicholas Nanscawen	Director	1992-11-04	2009-03-09
DORRINGTON, Timothy Blake	Director	2011-03-31	2016-03-31
SHARPLES, Allan	Director	2009-06-11	2024-10-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Sophie Caroline Dorrington Gilbert	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2024-10-17	Active
Mrs Laura Felicity Batchelor	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2020-11-27	Active
Mr Wilfred Edward Dorrington	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2020-11-27	Active
Mrs Caroline Mary Sharples	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 158 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-08-29 MA Memorandum articles
2023-08-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2023-08-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-02	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-02-17	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-01-09	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-01-09	PSC09	persons-with-significant-control	Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2024-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-17	PSC08	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2024-10-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-08-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-10-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-08-29	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2023-08-29	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-08-29	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-01-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2022-06-09	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-06-09	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-06-09	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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