DAY LEWIS PLC
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Cash
£37m
+17.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£143m
+1.5% vs 2025
Employees
2,400
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.1m
+250.4% first positive since 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £502,101,000 | £506,820,000 | £502,490,000 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £14,199,000 | £2,584,000 | £11,069,000 | +328.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,973,000 | -£4,062,000 | £6,111,000 | +250.4% | |
| Net profit | £5,450,000 | -£4,155,000 | £3,888,000 | +193.6% | |
| Cash | £38,274,000 | £31,549,000 | £37,156,000 | +17.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £290,102,000 | £176,087,000 | £276,852,000 | +57.2% | |
| Net assets | £148,150,000 | £140,774,000 | £142,858,000 | +1.5% | |
| Equity | £148,150,000 | £140,774,000 | £142,858,000 | +1.5% | |
| Average employees | 2,600 | 2,556 | 2,400 | -6.1% | |
| Wages | £65,239,000 | £67,199,000 | £66,367,000 | -1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £777,000 | £789,000 | £652,000 | -17.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £48,000 | £7,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Highest paid director | £208,000 | £219,000 | £221,000 | +0.9% |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 0.5% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -0.8% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 1.5% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.1% | — | 48.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 0.85x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | 1.60x | 0.27x | 1.58x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DAY LEWIS PLC 2004-11-01 → present
- DAY LEWIS LIMITED 2001-10-24 → 2004-11-01
- CHIPORUM LIMITED 1975-03-07 → 2001-10-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the validity of the going concern basis, and taking account of reasonably plausible downsides covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, the Directors have considered the cash flow forecasts they have prepared for the period until 31 March 2028.”
Group structure
- DAY LEWIS PLC · parent
- Day Lewis Medical Limited 100%
- Cradlecrest Limited 100%
- Leach and Burton Limited 100%
- Medi Options Limited 100%
- Healthcare Drugstores Limited 100%
- East Midlands Pharma Limited 100%
- Stargazer Drug Stores Limited 100%
- Day Lewis Properties Limited 100%
- APM Healthcare Limited 100%
- Plymstock Wellcare Limited 100%
- A R Parmer Limited 100%
- Ebrington Wellcare Limited 100%
- Beadles Parade Ltd 100%
- Collier Pharma Ltd 100%
- Cape Holdings Limited 51%
- Budget Pharma UK Limited 100%
- Sem Pharma Limited 100%
- HQEM Pharma Limited 100%
- HQEMP Limited 100%
- Community Pharmacies (UK) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Jayantibhai Chimanbhai | Secretary | — | — | British |
| EDWARDS, Carey Charles | Director | 2014-09-18 | Jan 1955 | British |
| PATEL, Jayanti Chimanbhai | Director | 2012-12-05 | Nov 1984 | British |
| PATEL, Kirit Chimanbhai Tulsibhai | Director | 2012-12-05 | Mar 1980 | British |
| PATEL, Rupa | Director | 2022-05-09 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Ameetkumar Ramananbhai | Secretary | 2004-06-23 | 2022-06-15 |
| PATEL, Heena | Secretary | 2022-06-15 | 2024-09-30 |
| GLOVER, Peter James | Director | 2001-12-22 | 2025-05-10 |
| GRACIAS, Gerard Anthony | Director | 2000-04-14 | 2001-12-22 |
| MAJOR, Michael Evelyn | Director | 2000-04-04 | 2001-10-12 |
| PATEL, Heena | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2024-09-30 |
| PATEL, Jayantibhai Chimanbhai | Director | — | 1997-06-16 |
| PATEL, Kirit Chimanbhai | Director | — | 2016-07-16 |
| ROGERS, David Paul | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2000-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kirit Chimanbhai Tulsibhai Patel | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-16 | Active |
| Mrs Naliniben Kiritkumar Patel | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-16 | Active |
| Ms Rupa Patel | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-16 | Active |
| Mr Jayanti Chimanbhai Patel | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 526 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.