DOVEDON LIMITED
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Cash
£502K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
89
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.7M
Period ending 2026-01-03
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-06 | 2025-01-04 | 2026-01-03 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,504,000 | £12,576,000 | £9,336,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £3,317,000 | £5,163,000 | £1,960,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £3,663,000 | £5,803,000 | £2,713,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,819,000 | £4,390,000 | £2,066,000 | — | |
| Cash | £192,000 | £506,000 | £502,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,857,000 | £11,247,000 | £13,313,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £6,857,000 | £11,247,000 | £13,313,000 | — | |
| Equity | £6,857,000 | £11,247,000 | £13,313,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 53 | 84 | 89 | — | |
| Wages | £1,784,000 | £3,081,000 | £3,283,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £435,000 | £463,000 | £436,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-06 | 2025-01-04 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 39.0% | 41.1% | 21.0% | |
| Net margin | 33.1% | 34.9% | 22.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.4% | 45.9% | 14.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.0% | 14.9% | 15.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.31x | 0.25x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is reliant on the support of Co-operative Group Limited ('the Group') in order to meet its day to day working capital requirements because the Group operates a central treasury function... A letter of support has been obtained from the Group...The Group has confirmed that it has the ability to provide such financial support and has committed to providing such support until 31 December 2027.”
Significant events
- “In April 2025, Co-operative Group Limited experienced a criminal cyber attack, which the Company had not predicted but were well placed to handle. The systems used by the Company were not breached but we pre-emptively withdrew access to some systems to contain the threat. This affected the Company's ability to fully trade for approximately four weeks, which in turn led to year on year decrease in revenue of £3.2m to £9.3m and a drop in operating profit of £3.2m to £2.0m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGRIA, Flavia | Secretary | 2025-03-03 | — | — |
| CRATE, Alexander Iain Rousell | Director | 2007-03-23 | Dec 1983 | British |
| DINGLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2007-04-30 | Nov 1961 | British |
| HURLEY, Caoilionn | Director | 2015-12-31 | Sep 1965 | Irish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALTON, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2019-07-11 | 2022-12-02 |
| FOWLER, Steve | Secretary | 2017-11-17 | 2019-07-11 |
| KHAN, Rosina | Secretary | 2007-03-23 | 2015-12-31 |
| SELLERS, Caroline Jane | Secretary | 2022-12-02 | 2023-10-24 |
| SIDAT, Yasmin | Secretary | 2023-10-24 | 2025-03-03 |
| STL SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2007-03-28 |
| HANCOCK, Erica Louise | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2012-10-08 |
| HOWELLS, Matthew Ian | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2019-05-01 |
| KHAN, Rosina | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2015-12-31 |
| STL DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Operative Legal Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-09-07 | Active |
| Collective Legal Solutions Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.