DAUNT BOOKS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.1m
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.4m
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
86
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.7m
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £15,730,329 | £17,520,295 | £18,767,082 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,591,218 | £2,516,762 | £2,675,283 | +6.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,645,138 | £2,603,741 | £2,732,428 | +4.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,985,258 | £1,875,574 | £2,066,015 | +10.2% | |
| Cash | £4,227,595 | £5,661,808 | £6,081,669 | +7.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,861,472 | £8,238,183 | £8,486,840 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £6,728,037 | £8,103,611 | £8,369,626 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £6,728,007 | £8,103,611 | £8,369,626 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 86 | 86 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,178,779 | £2,935,454 | £3,071,086 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £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 | 16.5% | 14.4% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 10.7% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.8% | 30.5% | 31.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.5% | 24.3% | 22.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.41x | 3.70x | 4.02x |
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
- DAUNT BOOKS LIMITED 1995-07-14 → present
- SPEED 5046 LIMITED 1995-06-16 → 1995-07-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sproull & Co.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- DAUNT BOOKS LIMITED · parent
- Travel Buff Limited 99.99%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAUNT, Katherine Mary | Secretary | 1995-07-05 | — | British |
| DAUNT, Achilles James | Director | 1995-07-05 | Oct 1963 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-16 | 1995-07-05 |
| DAUNT, Timothy Lewis Achilles, Sir | Director | 1995-09-06 | 1996-09-30 |
| KEATLEY, William Halliday | Director | 1995-09-06 | 1998-02-18 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Kevin Patrick | Director | 1995-09-06 | 1998-02-18 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-06-16 | 1995-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Katherine Mary Daunt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Achilles James Daunt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2017-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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.