EDWARD DAVIES COMMERCIALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-37.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-21.9% vs 2023
Employees
133
+24.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-146.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £20,239,946 | £25,804,788 | £24,049,425 | £22,851,989 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,575,789 | £3,126,546 | £4,507,423 | -£1,682,129 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,198,853 | £2,769,236 | £4,285,838 | -£1,996,281 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,817,432 | £2,207,143 | £3,240,832 | -£1,572,613 | |
| Cash | £650,925 | — | £1,185,535 | £2,514,956 | £2,612,545 | £1,622,679 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,190,036 | — | £6,031,502 | £8,391,336 | £9,690,408 | £9,709,766 | |
| Net assets | £1,359,551 | — | £2,277,688 | £4,484,831 | £7,625,663 | £5,953,050 | |
| Equity | £1,359,551 | £460,256 | £2,277,688 | £4,484,831 | £7,625,663 | £5,953,050 | |
| Average employees | 46 | — | 94 | 140 | 107 | 133 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £4,593,952 | £6,092,664 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £630,112 | £552,793 | £576,734 | £568,209 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5%
£24,049,425 £22,851,989
-
Cash
-37.9%
£2,612,545 £1,622,679
-
Net assets
-21.9%
£7,625,663 £5,953,050
-
Employees
+24.3%
107 133
-
Operating profit
-137.3%
£4,507,423 -£1,682,129
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-146.6%
£4,285,838 -£1,996,281
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+32.6%
£4,593,952 £6,092,664
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 12.7% | 12.1% | 18.7% | -7.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 9.0% | 8.6% | 13.5% | -6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 42.7% | 37.3% | 46.5% | -17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 42.9% | 62.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.99x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 6.83x | 8.75x | 20.34x | -5.35x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- EDWARD DAVIES COMMERCIALS LIMITED 2007-10-09 → present
- DAVIES BARTHOLOMEW COMMERCIALS LIMITED 2001-09-19 → 2007-10-09
- DAVIES GOODING COMMERCIALS LIMITED 2000-01-12 → 2001-09-19
- PLANDROVE LIMITED 1999-11-22 → 2000-01-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2024 has been a pivotal year for the business with the expansion into the Ford Dagenham site. During the development, there was a black out period between January and May, with the capacity limited to the Pontypool site. Since Dagenham has been up and running, the company saw a strong performance over the second half of the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Robert Hugh Thomas | Secretary | 2000-01-05 | — | British |
| DAVIES, Edward Thomas | Director | 2000-01-05 | Jul 1978 | British |
| DAVIES, Jaime Louise | Director | 2009-05-26 | May 1978 | British |
| DAVIES, Robert Hugh Thomas | Director | 2019-09-27 | Sep 1949 | British |
| PACE, Joseph Benedict | Director | 2019-02-25 | Apr 1984 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-11-22 | 2000-01-05 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, William Alfred John | Director | 2001-08-14 | 2007-09-11 |
| DAVIES, Robert Hugh Thomas | Director | 2001-02-12 | 2001-08-14 |
| GOODING, Michael John | Director | 2000-01-05 | 2001-08-12 |
| SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-11-22 | 2000-01-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edi Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-12-31 | Active |
| Edward Davies (Investments) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-02-12 | RP04CS01 | miscellaneous | 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
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.