HINTON PERRY & DAVENHILL LIMITED
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Cash
£390k
-8.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
-19.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
59
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£420k
-32.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,537,246 | £5,000,357 | £4,419,714 | -11.6% | |
| Operating profit | £385,429 | £559,792 | £350,100 | -37.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £439,183 | £624,639 | £420,072 | -32.7% | |
| Net profit | £393,358 | £561,647 | £383,893 | -31.6% | |
| Cash | £724,190 | £424,408 | £390,222 | -8.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,518,541 | £8,073,484 | £6,629,140 | -17.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,114,725 | £7,676,372 | £6,156,521 | -19.8% | |
| Equity | £7,114,725 | £7,676,372 | £6,156,521 | -19.8% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 59 | 59 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,824,275 | £2,012,447 | £2,080,935 | +3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £450,004 | £446,211 | £383,193 | -14.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £149,900 | £128,846 | £144,929 | +12.5% |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 11.2% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 11.2% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 6.9% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.8% | 31.4% | 25.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 2.59x | 3.07x | |
| Interest cover | 65.91x | 87.06x | 19.93x |
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
- Lancaster Haskins Limited Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HINTON PERRY & DAVENHILL LIMITED · parent
- The Ketley Brick Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company recently completed a solar installation on part of the factory roof and this will help manage electricity costs and investments in improvements to the thermal efficiency of kilns will help the company to consume less gas.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYKES, Polly | Secretary | 2023-04-01 | — | — |
| BIFIELD, Mark William | Director | 2022-04-01 | Dec 1975 | British |
| DAVENHILL, Christopher Richard | Director | — | Mar 1958 | British |
| DYER, Richard Ian | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1987 | British |
| PATRICK SMITH, Alexander | Director | 2007-01-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| PRESTON, Kevin Ian | Director | 2001-04-01 | May 1959 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVENHILL, Christopher Richard | Secretary | — | 2023-04-01 |
| DAVENHILL, Etheldrea | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| DAVENHILL, Patricia Anne | Director | — | 2020-01-08 |
| DAVENHILL, Patricia | Director | — | 2003-05-23 |
| DAVENHILL, Peter Anthony Richard | Director | — | 2020-01-08 |
| DAVENHILL, Richard Edward | Director | — | 2025-04-09 |
| SHERRY, David | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Edwin Walker | Director | — | 1994-10-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenhill Investments Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-26 | Ceased 2020-02-26 |
| Hp&D Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-26 | Active |
| Trustees Of R.E Davenhill Reversionary Interest Settlement | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-11-10 | Ceased 2018-11-08 |
| Trustees Of P.A.R. Davenhill Reversionary Interest Settlement | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-10 | Ceased 2018-11-08 |
| Mrs. E.D. Davenhill No.2 Settlement | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-10 | Ceased 2018-11-08 |
| Mrs. E.D. Davenhill No.1 Settlement | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-10 | Ceased 2018-11-08 |
| Trustees Of R.E. Davenhill Reversionary Interest Settlement | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-10 | Ceased 2017-11-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.