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DAVE COTTLE HOLDINGS LIMITED

#06767291 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 2008-12-08 (17y 10m) · Last filing 2026-09-04 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 77320 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2026-12-04 (in 43 days) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£3.4m

+290.6% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£4.1m

+32.3% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

46

-4.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1.7m

+33.3% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover ———£11,332,897£11,778,089£12,256,793 +4.1%
Operating profit ———£893,426£1,346,987£1,795,905 +33.3%
Profit before tax ———£857,355£1,304,798£1,739,122 +33.3%
Net profit ———£647,007£969,743£1,297,455 +33.8%
Cash £21,043£12,674£47,545£1,349,430£865,435£3,380,030 +290.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £1,243,625£1,446,130£1,629,572£4,787,239£3,694,367£4,465,823 +20.9%
Net assets £900,179£963,803£1,071,594£2,415,099£3,084,842£4,082,297 +32.3%
Equity £900,179£963,803£1,071,594£2,415,099£3,084,842£4,082,297 +32.3%
Average employees 222494846 -4.2%
Wages ———£1,861,854£1,814,643£1,677,368 -7.6%
Directors' remuneration ———£18,192£18,192— —
Directors' pension contributions ———£100,000£260,000— —

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 —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin ———7.9%11.4%14.7%
Net margin ———5.7%8.2%10.6%
Return on capital employed ———18.7%36.5%40.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) -0.6%24.3%23.3%64.0%56.2%48.5%
Current ratio ———2.94x1.65x1.93x
Interest cover ———22.86x25.43x25.88x

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
Xeinadin Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”

Group structure

  1. DAVE COTTLE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Dave Cottle Civil Engineering Limited 100% · UK
    2. Dave Cottle Homes Ltd 100% · UK
    3. Dave Cottle Homes (Llanrhaeadr) Limited 100% · UK
    4. Dave Cottle Homes Moreton Limited 100% · UK

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
COTTLE, Philip Waterson Secretary 2008-12-08 — British
COTTLE, Andrew Waterson Director 2008-12-08 May 1972 British
COTTLE, Philip Waterson Director 2008-12-08 Aug 1974 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HURWORTH, Aderyn Director 2008-12-08 2008-12-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Andrew Waterson Cottle Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Philip Waterson Cottle Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 51 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-11-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2023-12-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2022-12-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-05-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2022-01-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2020-12-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2019-12-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2018-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2018-01-25 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2018-01-25 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2018-01-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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