P B DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION (WATFORD) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£371K
+26,072.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+377.4% vs 2023
Employees
73
+108.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£157K
-3.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,087,679 | £15,387,453 | |
| Operating profit | £111,985 | £5,120 | |
| Profit before tax | -£151,810 | -£156,767 | |
| Net profit | -£130,592 | -£108,330 | |
| Cash | £1,418 | £371,125 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,041,710 | £7,493,839 | |
| Net assets | £1,004,272 | £4,793,946 | |
| Equity | £1,004,272 | £4,793,946 | |
| Average employees | 35 | 73 | |
| Wages | £1,126,164 | £2,998,224 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £18,639 | £86,390 |
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
+276.4%
£4,087,679 £15,387,453
-
Cash
+26,072.4%
£1,418 £371,125
-
Net assets
+377.4%
£1,004,272 £4,793,946
-
Employees
+108.6%
35 73
-
Operating profit
-95.4%
£111,985 £5,120
-
Profit before tax
-3.3%
-£151,810 -£156,767
-
Wages
+166.2%
£1,126,164 £2,998,224
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.2% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 0.42x | 0.03x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months following the approval of these financial statements. ... As the forecast looks very promising and there is support available from the Group if needed, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the Parent 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
- P B DONOGHUE CONSTRUCTION (WATFORD) LIMITED · parent
- Kerville Properties Limited 100%
- P B Donoghue (Waste Management) Limited 100%
- PB Donoghue (Green Lanes) Limited 100%
- P. B. Donoghue (Construction) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2024, the Group acquired P B Donoghue (Waste Management) Limited and its subsidiary P. B. Donoghue (Construction) Limited. This is therefore the first year in which the results of these entities and their trade are reflected within the Group.”
- “In March 2024 we relocated from our London site where we have operated for over 50 years to our new head office and depot in Watford. This proved to be a challenging period for the business as we dealt with the winding down of our London site and relocation to our new head office and depot and the costs associated with the winding down of our London operations and clearance of the site, along with the financial costs of building new workshops for vehicle and plant maintenance and office space.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONOGHUE, Elizabeth | Director | 2015-09-16 | Sep 1941 | Irish |
| DONOGHUE, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2015-09-16 | Jun 1968 | Irish |
| DONOGHUE, Peter Bernard | Director | 2015-09-16 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DONOGHUE, Philip Bernard | Director | 2015-09-16 | Aug 1939 | Irish |
| ENRIGHT, Claire Louise | Director | 2015-09-16 | Aug 1975 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Eithne Bridget | Director | 2015-09-16 | Oct 1966 | Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Donoghue | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-02-01 | Active |
| Mr Philip Bernard Donoghue | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-07-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 11
- 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.