DRIVER HIRE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£316K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£54M
Equity attributable
Employees
62
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.4M
Period ending 2025-03-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,991,152 | £10,370,291 | — | |
| Operating profit | £4,420,924 | £4,401,135 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,408,718 | £4,406,064 | — | |
| Net profit | £3,363,332 | £3,281,640 | — | |
| Cash | £552,931 | £316,327 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £51,107,307 | £54,381,657 | — | |
| Net assets | £50,838,925 | £54,120,565 | — | |
| Equity | £50,838,925 | £54,120,565 | — | |
| Average employees | 56 | 62 | — | |
| Wages | £1,879,642 | £2,131,878 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £393,022 | £396,126 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 44.2% | 42.4% | |
| Net margin | 33.7% | 31.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 8.34x | 8.08x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHIDLEY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2004-09-28 | Oct 1960 | British |
| MCNULTY, Paul Howard | Director | 2016-01-25 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, John Derek | Secretary | 2005-05-06 | 2016-01-25 |
| BUSSEY, John Philip | Secretary | — | 2004-09-28 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Geoffrey | Secretary | 2004-09-28 | 2005-03-10 |
| ANDREWS, John Derek | Director | 2005-09-03 | 2016-01-25 |
| BUSSEY, John Philip | Director | — | 2007-08-22 |
| CAHILL, Joe Gerald | Director | 2003-08-05 | 2004-09-28 |
| CAWTHORNE, Alan Francis | Director | 1996-10-01 | 1999-03-30 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Geoffrey | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2005-03-10 |
| LAWN, Harry Mark Steven | Director | — | 1999-03-30 |
| SANTINON, Francesco | Director | 2004-09-28 | 2007-08-22 |
| SNOWDEN, Paul Richard | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2004-09-28 |
| STORIE, James Gilbert Dalgleish | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2007-08-22 |
| WORTLEY, Steven Paul | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2009-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver Hire Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.