FRANK H.DALE LIMITED
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Cash
£8.3M
-18.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
-3.9% vs 2024
Employees
104
+5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.2M
-275.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,395,057 | £16,545,953 | -18.9% | |
| Operating profit | £702,715 | -£1,204,926 | -271.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £709,825 | -£1,248,519 | -275.9% | |
| Net profit | £257,898 | -£1,067,724 | -514% | |
| Cash | £10,259,327 | £8,349,142 | -18.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,336,513 | £27,358,044 | -9.8% | |
| Net assets | £27,556,210 | £26,488,486 | -3.9% | |
| Equity | £27,556,210 | £26,488,486 | -3.9% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 104 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £3,812,081 | £3,973,492 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,338,392 | £844,819 | -36.9% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | -7.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | -6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | -4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.35x | 2.43x | |
| Interest cover | 5.49x | -4.87x |
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
- Dyke Yaxley Limited
- 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
- “As per many predictions, we were expecting to see an upturn in 2024/25, but unfortunately it did not materialise. The new financial year began quite promising but soon we were seeing projects either being severely delayed or in some cases cancelled entirely. This, by mid-summer, left us with a number of gaps within the production facility. The slowdown inevitably had a major effect on selling prices and margins were quickly wiped out.”
- “During the year ended 30 March 2025, bank covenants were breached for two loans payable by the company at the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, Steven Frank John | Director | 2012-12-01 | Feb 1983 | British |
| GARSIDE, Richard Clifford | Director | 2022-12-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| MACWHIRTER, Andrew Robert | Director | 1999-01-21 | Mar 1961 | British |
| MILLS, Luke William | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| READ, Paul Christopher | Director | 2012-12-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTOMS, Victor | Secretary | — | 1996-03-22 |
| VAUGHAN, Gillian Margaret | Secretary | 1996-03-20 | 2009-04-03 |
| BOTTOMS, Victor | Director | — | 1996-03-22 |
| COOPER, David James | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-01-16 |
| CURL, Stephen Robert | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2019-07-26 |
| DALE, Brian James | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
| DALE, Douglas Brian | Director | 1996-01-18 | 2012-05-30 |
| DALE, Nigel Kenneth | Director | — | 2015-09-30 |
| DALE, Peter Kenneth | Director | — | 1998-03-02 |
| DALE, Roger Francis | Director | — | 2012-05-30 |
| DANDO, Kim Nigel | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2022-12-01 |
| DENT, Andrew Paul | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2024-08-30 |
| FORSBROOK, Russel John | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| HADFIELD, Roger Terrance | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| MINTON, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2019-07-26 |
| PARRISH, Andrew Michael | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2025-10-23 |
| PAXTON, Gerald James | Director | 1996-01-18 | 2004-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Nigel Gregory Dale | Individual | Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2018-10-31 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Kenneth Dale | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2016-12-18 | Ceased 2018-10-31 |
| Mr Paul Christopher Read | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-18 | Active |
| Mr Steven Frank John Dale | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-18 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Robert Macwhirter | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-18 | Active |
| Mrs Jane Christine Dale | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2016-12-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.