DALE BUILDING MAINTENANCE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
+21.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£5m
+19.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
117
+0.9% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+72.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,825,440 | £12,387,491 | £12,854,131 | £15,295,740 | £15,591,821 | £16,722,718 | +7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £500,229 | £999,514 | £854,861 | £1,496,682 | £659,532 | £1,116,041 | +69.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £515,325 | £986,404 | £843,812 | £1,483,451 | £640,935 | £1,103,969 | +72.2% | |
| Net profit | £414,649 | £805,369 | £696,287 | £1,124,339 | £456,313 | £817,215 | +79.1% | |
| Cash | £1,212,230 | £1,155,434 | £1,532,503 | £1,640,775 | £2,014,647 | £2,439,710 | +21.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,645,924 | £3,258,534 | £3,933,307 | £4,274,439 | £4,757,046 | £5,402,180 | +13.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,395,029 | £2,953,198 | £3,402,285 | £3,736,024 | £4,192,337 | £5,009,552 | +19.5% | |
| Equity | — | — | £3,402,285 | £3,736,024 | £4,192,337 | £5,009,552 | +19.5% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 104 | 105 | 112 | 116 | 117 | +0.9% | |
| Wages | — | £3,278,358 | £3,621,774 | £4,162,422 | £4,450,636 | £4,683,883 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £128,086 | £280,062 | £187,208 | £173,150 | £139,511 | -19.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £9,363 | £8,482 | £6,242 | -26.4% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 8.1% | 6.7% | 9.8% | 4.2% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 7.4% | 2.9% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.9% | 30.7% | 21.7% | 35.0% | 13.9% | 20.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.3% | 42.6% | 41.3% | 45.2% | 39.6% | 39.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 2.40x | — | 2.34x | 2.73x | 2.62x | |
| Interest cover | 37.36x | 73.41x | 55.61x | 73.59x | 21.17x | 29.70x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- DALE BUILDING MAINTENANCE LIMITED 1986-10-07 → present
- BEAMNEAT LIMITED 1986-08-21 → 1986-10-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kilsby & Williams LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DALE BUILDING MAINTENANCE LIMITED · parent
- School Maintenance Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Iwan | Director | — | May 1955 | British |
| DAVIES, Jonathan James | Director | 2019-07-20 | Apr 1986 | British |
| PORCH, James Matthew | Director | 2022-01-06 | Jun 1976 | British |
| PRESTON, Kevin | Director | 2022-01-06 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Jeffrey Lucas | Secretary | — | 2023-01-31 |
| PRICE, Jeffrey Lucas | Director | — | 2023-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Services Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Iwan Davies | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
| Mr Jeffrey Lucas Price | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.