DOYLE CLAYTON SOLICITORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-27 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£584K
+9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+15.9% vs 2024
Employees
95
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-22.1% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £15,442,910 | £15,495,323 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,698,180 | £2,114,268 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,730,428 | £2,127,691 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,017,844 | £1,640,965 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £531,952 | £584,277 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,016,900 | £3,534,464 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,965,322 | £3,438,241 | |
| Equity | £1,752,812 | £1,815,935 | £2,452,206 | £2,471,081 | £3,049,784 | £2,965,322 | £3,438,241 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | 95 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £8,754,361 | £9,053,068 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £788,076 | £741,183 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£15,442,910 £15,495,323
-
Cash
+9.8%
£531,952 £584,277
-
Net assets
+15.9%
£2,965,322 £3,438,241
-
Employees
+4.4%
91 95
-
Operating profit
-21.6%
£2,698,180 £2,114,268
-
Profit before tax
-22.1%
£2,730,428 £2,127,691
-
Wages
+3.4%
£8,754,361 £9,053,068
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 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 17.5% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 89.4% | 59.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.29x | 2.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 1352.47x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Humphrey & Co Audit Services Ltd
- 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
- “the business is undergoing major change to build a bigger management and IT platform with a renewed emphasis on high performance.”
- “Immigration work continues to be challenging from both a corporate and individual client perspective. Despite this, immigration is still an essential part of our service offering and complements our other service lines. The team has been reorganised, is now smaller, with an emphasis on more profitable work.”
- “The PMS and DMS systems, introduced in 2024, now allow us to leverage AI solutions for the benefit of our clients.”
- “In 2022 Doyle Clayton Solicitors Ltd entered into an agreement to be a guarantor for a bank loan between Doyle Clayton EOT Ltd and HSBC for £4,500,000. The loan was repaid in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE MARIA, Peter | Director | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| DOYLE, Peter Clarence | Director | 2009-07-15 | Jul 1957 | British |
| WISENER, Tina | Director | 2019-10-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Darren Frank | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2022-12-31 |
| DAVIS, Andrew Simon | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2009-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Clayton Eot Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2019-09-10 | Active |
| Darren Frank Clayton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-10 |
| Mr Peter Clarence Doyle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2023-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.