PETER DUFFY LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5M
-33.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+17.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
129
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.6M
+510.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,457,122 | £22,423,721 | £32,388,983 | +44.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,092,228 | £236,073 | £4,045,579 | +1,613.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,457,355 | £755,246 | £4,610,299 | +510.4% | |
| Net profit | -£1,139,823 | £610,389 | £3,467,648 | +468.1% | |
| Cash | £1,605,409 | £5,306,231 | £3,528,738 | -33.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,173,865 | £19,637,678 | £23,462,467 | +19.5% | |
| Net assets | £17,915,396 | £18,525,785 | £21,793,433 | +17.6% | |
| Equity | £17,915,396 | £18,525,785 | £21,793,433 | +17.6% | |
| Average employees | 154 | 135 | 129 | -4.4% | |
| Wages | £7,324,429 | £6,843,186 | £6,969,403 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £625,433 | £669,317 | £643,903 | -3.8% |
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 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -8.2% | 1.1% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | -4.5% | 2.7% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.9% | 1.2% | 17.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 5.55x | 5.04x | |
| Interest cover | -22.62x | 2.29x | 71.09x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit 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.”
Group structure
- PETER DUFFY LIMITED · parent
- Drains-aid Limited 100%
- Connaught Training Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year on 16th May 2025, the Group in which Peter Duffy Limited sits, was acquired. As part of the acquisition the amounts above due to Peter Duffy Limited from the previous year were repaid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Luke | Director | 2025-05-16 | Jul 1990 | British |
| ARMSTRONG, Neil Patrick | Director | 2025-05-16 | Dec 1969 | Irish |
| BEARD, Scott Daniel | Director | 2025-11-20 | Jan 1981 | British |
| DUFFY, Kevin Joseph | Director | 2001-07-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
| DUFFY, Michael Francis | Director | — | Jul 1965 | British |
| PUGHOLM, Ole | Director | 2025-05-16 | Jul 1976 | Danish |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, John Robert | Secretary | 1994-03-25 | 2015-12-31 |
| DUFFY, Teresa Maria | Secretary | — | 1994-03-24 |
| PAINTER, William Mark David | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | 2025-05-16 |
| DAVIDSON, John Robert | Director | 1992-03-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| DUFFY, Mary Carmel | Director | — | 1997-05-31 |
| DUFFY, Neil Martin | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2024-10-06 |
| DUFFY, Peter | Director | — | 1993-02-15 |
| DUFFY, Peter Gerard | Director | — | 2025-11-20 |
| DUFFY, Teresa Maria | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| HUDSON, Robert John | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2022-05-26 |
| ROBINSON, David | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| ROONEY, David Michael | Director | 2025-05-16 | 2025-09-05 |
| SCROGGINS, Robert Hamilton | Director | — | 2013-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Duffy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-24 | Active |
| Mr Kevin Joseph Duffy | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2017-10-24 |
| Mrs Helen Elizabeth Webb | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2017-10-24 |
| Mr Paul Mervyn Clarke | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2017-03-20 | Ceased 2017-10-24 |
| Mrs Mary Carmel Duffy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-24 |
| Mrs Katherine Ann Jordan | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-04 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-06-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-06-04 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-06-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.