DENNIS WILLIAMS LIMITED
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Cash
£714k
+10% vs 2023
Net assets
£6m
+4.8% vs 2023
Employees
164
+5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£268k
-57% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £23,461,475 | £26,926,991 | +14.8% | |
| Operating profit | £800,998 | £466,042 | -41.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £622,906 | £267,809 | -57% | |
| Net profit | £455,838 | £147,430 | -67.7% | |
| Cash | £649,453 | £714,377 | +10% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,349,358 | £7,621,495 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,726,697 | £6,001,746 | +4.8% | |
| Equity | £5,726,697 | £6,001,746 | +4.8% | |
| Average employees | 155 | 164 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £4,838,698 | £6,108,681 | +26.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £363,018 | £488,697 | +34.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,500 | £6,600 | +20% | |
| Highest paid director | £125,453 | £234,736 | +87.1% |
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 | 3.4% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.7% | 55.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 4.37x | 2.28x |
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
- Watson Buckle Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEES, Pamela Briony | Secretary | 2004-12-14 | — | British |
| LEES, Anthony Richard | Director | 2013-08-12 | Mar 1946 | British |
| LEES, Arron Richard | Director | 2018-07-19 | Jan 1982 | British |
| LEES, Pamela Briony | Director | — | May 1959 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Marjorie | Secretary | — | 2004-12-14 |
| ALLEN, Simon John | Director | — | 2014-05-08 |
| WILLIAMS, Dennis | Director | — | 1991-11-19 |
| WILLIAMS, Marjorie | Director | — | 2004-12-14 |
| WILSON, Malcolm Neil | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2011-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Pamela Briony Lees | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months