DAF TRUCKS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | £24,205,000 | £22,122,000 | £28,562,000 | +29.1% | |
| Operating profit | £13,145,000 | £10,654,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £20,331,000 | £20,019,000 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £15,290,000 | £14,880,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £129,640,000 | £158,828,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £112,831,000 | £132,779,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £103,097,000 | £121,561,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £103,097,000 | £121,561,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 76 | 74 | — | — | |
| Wages | £6,309,000 | £6,202,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £237,000 | £648,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,000 | £23,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £177,000 | £545,000 | — | — |
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 | 54.3% | 48.2% | — | |
| Net margin | 63.2% | 67.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.7% | 8.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.8% | 56.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.51x | — |
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
- DAF TRUCKS LIMITED 1999-12-09 → present
- LEYLAND DAF TRUCKS LIMITED 1993-06-09 → 1999-12-09
- CRESTCLEVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1993-05-06 → 1993-06-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Shareholders' funds reduced by 63.6%, due to a dividend payment to DAF NV of £100m.”
- “Due to ongoing settlement costs, DAF Trucks NV updated its estimate and recorded in 2025 an additional pre-tax charge of €323.6 million for the total estimable remaining costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Alison | Secretary | 2024-12-18 | — | — |
| BECKETT, Nigel | Director | 2026-07-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
| BOSMANS, Bart Marina Herman Leo Johanna | Director | 2023-09-01 | Apr 1980 | Belgian |
| EVANS, Mark | Director | 2016-07-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOOI, Chew Sieng | Secretary | 2022-10-01 | 2024-10-11 |
| FERRINGTON, Adam Forgham | Secretary | 2001-02-02 | 2004-03-16 |
| JONES, Alison | Secretary | 2012-06-30 | 2022-10-01 |
| READMAN, Frank | Secretary | 1993-05-24 | 2001-02-02 |
| ZAK, Peter Stefan | Secretary | 2004-03-16 | 2012-06-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-05-06 | 1993-05-24 |
| ASHWORTH, Raymond John | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2017-04-02 |
| BAAN, Cornelis Guert | Director | 1993-06-08 | 1999-12-02 |
| BONSEN, Ronny Bartholomeus | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2015-07-15 |
| BRACHER, Alan Richard | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1993-06-09 |
| CARDILLO, James George | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2004-07-09 |
| DEHILLOTTE, Renaud | Director | 2007-04-09 | 2011-09-15 |
| DRAKE, Laurence Roger | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2023-05-17 |
| EASTON, Robin Erik | Director | 2017-04-02 | 2019-09-01 |
| FEIGHT, Robert Preston | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| GILL, David Anthony | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2000-12-31 |
| GOUDRIAAN, Adrianus Louwerens | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2010-03-31 |
| HUNT, Adrian Stuart | Director | 2002-04-22 | 2009-03-31 |
| KISS, David Jozsef | Director | 2023-07-10 | 2026-07-01 |
| MALLETT, Nicholas Henry Keene | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1993-06-09 |
| MANSFIELD, Darryl | Director | 2004-03-16 | 2007-03-23 |
| MCDONAGH, Kerry James | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2007-09-01 |
| MOORE, Suzanne Jane | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2016-07-01 |
| READMAN, Frank | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2001-02-02 |
| SCHIPPERS, Henricus Christianus Adrianus Maria | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2017-05-01 |
| SEIDEL, Harald Peter | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| VAN DEN ASSEM, Eduard Henricus Maria | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1999-12-02 |
| VAN PUTTEN, Frederik Gerrijanus Laurens | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2001-03-29 |
| WIJNEN, Hubertus Antonius Wijnand | Director | 2002-04-11 | 2004-03-16 |
| WOLTERS, Henricus Maria Bernardus | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-08-01 |
| ZINC, Richard Daniel Theodorus | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2023-09-01 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-05-06 | 1993-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paccar Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.