D T HUGHES BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-6.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-0.6% vs 2023
Employees
71
+12.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-35.5% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £14,209,404 | £15,710,606 | — | £18,323,536 | £18,536,173 | |
| Operating profit | — | £976,407 | £1,030,696 | — | £2,579,805 | £1,667,767 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £861,110 | £902,781 | £783,562 | £2,455,195 | £1,583,577 | |
| Net profit | — | £695,606 | £784,680 | £601,321 | £1,935,338 | £1,216,747 | |
| Cash | — | £2,221,177 | £2,606,887 | £2,057,282 | £4,423,080 | £4,126,417 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,850,714 | £3,403,039 | £3,859,062 | £4,990,489 | £4,886,019 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,370,264 | £1,879,444 | £1,918,435 | £3,298,017 | £3,277,764 | |
| Equity | £814,058 | £1,370,264 | £1,879,444 | £1,918,435 | £3,298,017 | £3,277,764 | |
| Average employees | — | 45 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 71 | |
| Wages | — | £1,486,710 | £2,123,988 | £2,132,754 | £2,244,592 | £3,068,259 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £17,299 | £17,566 | £18,388 | £26,050 | £26,188 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+1.2%
£18,323,536 £18,536,173
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-6.7%
£4,423,080 £4,126,417
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£3,298,017 £3,277,764
-
Employees
+12.7%
63 71
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-35.4%
£2,579,805 £1,667,767
-
Profit before tax
-35.5%
£2,455,195 £1,583,577
-
Wages
+36.7%
£2,244,592 £3,068,259
highest in 5 filed years
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.9% | 6.6% | — | 14.1% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.9% | 5.0% | — | 10.6% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 34.3% | 30.3% | — | 51.7% | 34.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.49x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.38x | 8.05x | — | 17.28x | 11.76x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a 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
- “DSG resigned as auditor on 11 September 2024. DSG Audit were appointed on 11 September 2024 to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.”
- “Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £1,237,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Shirley Ann | Secretary | 2004-08-09 | — | British |
| HUGHES, David Thomas | Director | 2023-12-07 | Feb 1984 | British |
| HUGHES, David Timothy | Director | 2004-08-09 | Nov 1960 | British |
| HUGHES, Shirley Ann | Director | 2004-08-09 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-08-09 | 2004-08-12 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-08-09 | 2004-08-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D T Hughes Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-08-28 | Active |
| Mrs Shirley Ann Hughes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-28 |
| Mr David Timothy Hughes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.