DAVID PIERS DAWSON LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
Cash
£939K
+187.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+111.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
20
+53.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+112.5% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,109,857 | £3,086,953 | £4,465,867 | £7,695,157 | £23,108,779 | |
| Operating profit | £719,279 | £913,229 | £1,335,459 | £2,105,258 | £4,473,086 | |
| Profit before tax | £719,279 | £913,229 | £1,335,459 | £2,105,258 | £4,473,086 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,578,944 | £3,464,257 | |
| Cash | £101,897 | £251,012 | £467,152 | £326,981 | £939,321 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £582,617 | £1,327,745 | £2,409,467 | £3,988,411 | £8,452,667 | |
| Net assets | £582,617 | £1,327,745 | £2,409,467 | £3,988,411 | £8,452,667 | |
| Equity | £582,617 | £1,327,745 | £2,409,467 | £3,988,411 | £8,452,667 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £410,263 | £600,182 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £48,500 | £167,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
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Turnover
+200.3%
£7,695,157 £23,108,779
highest in 5 filed years
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Cash
+187.3%
£326,981 £939,321
highest in 5 filed years
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Net assets
+111.9%
£3,988,411 £8,452,667
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
+53.8%
13 20
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+112.5%
£2,105,258 £4,473,086
highest in 5 filed years
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Profit before tax
+112.5%
£2,105,258 £4,473,086
highest in 5 filed years
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Wages
+46.3%
£410,263 £600,182
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 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.1% | 29.6% | 29.9% | 27.4% | 19.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 20.5% | 15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 123.5% | 68.8% | 55.4% | 52.8% | 52.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.71x | 4.17x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DAVID PIERS DAWSON LTD 2025-10-14 → present
- CHLOE RILEY LIMITED 2020-05-18 → 2025-10-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Alton & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLAGHER, Scott Peter | Director | 2025-10-06 | Apr 1991 | British |
| RILEY, Chloe | Director | 2020-05-18 | Oct 1995 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Scott Peter Gallagher | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2025-10-06 | Active |
| Miss Chloe Riley | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-05-18 | Ceased 2026-05-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-14 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-11-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2024-08-06 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-19 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-18 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.