DAVID HAYTON LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+476.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
-1.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
88
-20% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£171k
-63.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,131,805 | £41,812,160 | £47,151,888 | +12.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,221,320 | £158,688 | £186,228 | +17.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £965,936 | -£104,441 | -£171,225 | -63.9% | |
| Net profit | £821,972 | -£214,157 | -£126,211 | +41.1% | |
| Cash | £288,594 | £214,057 | £1,233,505 | +476.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,517,460 | £12,017,636 | £12,457,920 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,554,977 | £11,217,320 | £11,011,109 | -1.8% | |
| Equity | £11,554,977 | £11,217,320 | £11,011,109 | -1.8% | |
| Average employees | 101 | 110 | 88 | -20% | |
| Wages | £2,707,207 | £2,814,112 | £3,080,939 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £19,008 | £19,008 | £19,008 | 0% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | -0.5% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.3% | 31.4% | 38.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.11x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 4.78x | 0.60x | 0.52x |
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
- DAVID HAYTON LIMITED 1988-12-05 → present
- CHADFARE LIMITED 1988-11-03 → 1988-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the post year-end position of the Group, and using their knowledge of the business and its industry, believe that the strong financial position presented on the balance sheet... sufficient to consider the Group a going concern.”
Group structure
- DAVID HAYTON LIMITED · parent
- Hayton Automotive Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Termination of long-standing Peugeot franchise relationship mid-year 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYTON, Eleanor | Secretary | — | — | British |
| HAYTON, Christopher Richard | Director | 1995-01-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| HAYTON, David | Director | — | Nov 1940 | British |
| HAYTON, Eleanor | Director | — | Apr 1942 | British |
| HAYTON, Philip Adrian | Director | 2008-01-15 | Jun 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Hayton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2026-07-14 |
| Mrs Eleanor Hayton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2026-07-14 |
| Mr Christopher Richard Hayton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Phillip Adrian Hayton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-11 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-09-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.