DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
+22.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.1m
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
192
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £37,132,000 | £42,845,000 | £35,787,000 | -16.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,064,000 | £1,203,000 | £1,223,000 | +1.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,250,000 | £1,485,000 | £1,559,000 | +5% | |
| Net profit | £1,100,000 | £1,079,000 | £1,149,000 | +6.5% | |
| Cash | £6,099,000 | £8,574,000 | £10,537,000 | +22.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,728,000 | £7,311,000 | £8,056,000 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £4,641,000 | £5,720,000 | £6,069,000 | +6.1% | |
| Equity | £4,641,000 | £5,720,000 | £6,069,000 | +6.1% | |
| Average employees | 201 | 203 | 192 | -5.4% | |
| Wages | £7,121,000 | £7,694,000 | £8,013,000 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 16.5% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.0% | 69.3% | 68.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.52x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | 80.20x | 81.53x |
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
- DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED 1997-06-25 → present
- DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES GROUP LIMITED 1997-02-27 → 1997-06-25
- LEGISLATOR 1302 LIMITED 1996-12-16 → 1997-02-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Director is confident that the Group and Company will have access to sufficient funds, via the group banking arrangement, to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DRAYTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Builders Equipment Limited 100%
- Drayton Windows Limited 100%
- Eyre Building Services Group Limited 100%
- Norfolk Gravel Limited 100%
- Sonata Security Limited 100%
- Youngs Doors Limited 100%
- Builders Equipment (Norwich) Limited 100%
- Builders Equipment Direct Limited 100%
- Carter Concrete Limited 100%
- Central Scaffolding Limited 100%
- Drayton Building Services Group Limited 100%
- Farmers Equipment Limited 100%
- Sonata FM Limited 100%
- Eyre A.C. Limited 100%
- Eyre Electrical Limited 100%
- Eyre Energy Limited 100%
- Eyre Mechanical & Electrical Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALFLATT, Robert John | Secretary | 2018-06-07 | — | — |
| CARTER, James George Stratton | Director | 2013-02-26 | Apr 1985 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIELS, Gerald William Victor | Secretary | 2000-12-22 | 2018-06-06 |
| GIBBINS, Jonathan Martin | Secretary | 2018-06-06 | 2018-06-07 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Secretary | 1996-12-16 | 1997-01-24 |
| WRIGHT, Stuart Neil Harold | Secretary | 1997-01-24 | 2000-12-22 |
| ATKINS, Thomas Hector | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2014-05-31 |
| BUSSEY, Peter Charles | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2011-02-16 |
| COVENTRY, David James Bruce | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2017-04-25 |
| GIBBINS, Jonathan Martin | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2011-02-16 |
| GIBSON, Martyn Charles | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2015-04-01 |
| HEASMAN, Derek Mark | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-09-01 |
| MARSHALL, Diana Jane | Director | 1996-12-16 | 1997-01-24 |
| MOORE, Alan Blake | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2004-03-17 |
| NEALE, Brian Henry | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2010-05-26 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Director | 1996-12-16 | 1997-01-24 |
| ROUGHT, Roger Sydney | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2008-07-15 |
| VINTERS, Emily Clare | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2023-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rgcc Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-30 | Active |
| R. G. Carter Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-10-18 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-18 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-18 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2022-09-23 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-23 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy |
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
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