SHELDON DAVIDSON SOLICITORS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23K
-33.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-7.6% vs 2023
Employees
58
+7.4% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£45K
-123.8% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | — | — | — | £7,552,035 | £7,397,367 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £617,858 | £511,082 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £191,223 | -£45,460 | |
| Net profit | £4,376 | — | — | — | £101,386 | -£111,485 | |
| Cash | £1,223 | £2,247 | — | — | £34,694 | £23,161 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,370,656 | £2,991,821 | — | — | £3,610,173 | £3,180,048 | |
| Net assets | £2,152,529 | £2,313,546 | — | — | £2,666,126 | £2,463,808 | |
| Equity | £2,152,529 | £2,313,546 | £2,511,756 | £2,162,011 | £2,666,126 | £2,463,808 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 35 | — | — | 54 | 58 | |
| Wages | £1,460,226 | — | — | — | £1,923,463 | £2,078,878 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £134,404 | — | — | £100,000 | £100,000 |
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
-2%
£7,552,035 £7,397,367
-
Cash
-33.2%
£34,694 £23,161
-
Net assets
-7.6%
£2,666,126 £2,463,808
-
Employees
+7.4%
54 58
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-17.3%
£617,858 £511,082
-
Profit before tax
-123.8%
£191,223 -£45,460
-
Wages
+8.1%
£1,923,463 £2,078,878
highest in 3 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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.2% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.3% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 17.1% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.50x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.30x | 0.90x |
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
- Jack Ross Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SHELDON DAVIDSON SOLICITORS LTD · parent
- Access Hire & Finance Ltd 54.17%
Significant events
- “During the year the turnover of the group has decreased by 2.0%.”
- “The volume of new instructions received during the prior year consisted of a significant number of low value RTA personal injury claims handled on the Official Injury Claims Portal (OIC) implemented under the Governments Pl reforms.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Sheldon Rene | Secretary | 2009-08-01 | — | British |
| DAVIDSON, Sheldon Rene | Director | 2009-08-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Sara Jane | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2020-03-01 |
| JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer | Director | 2009-07-10 | 2009-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sds Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-27 | Active |
| Mr Sheldon Rene Davidson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2020-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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.