P V DOBSON LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
+1,245.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
+3.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
81
+5.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+24.2% vs 2025
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,400,511 | £53,611,152 | £53,076,410 | £56,079,921 | +5.7% | |
| Operating profit | £5,084,642 | £1,192,851 | £1,218,452 | £1,450,026 | +19% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,003,332 | £966,575 | £1,074,278 | £1,334,681 | +24.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,959,051 | £720,771 | £802,491 | £998,496 | +24.4% | |
| Cash | £1,154,640 | £835,165 | £220,222 | £2,963,302 | +1,245.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,348,321 | £6,547,795 | £7,146,847 | £7,387,365 | +3.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,259,061 | £6,454,832 | £7,017,323 | £7,240,819 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £6,259,061 | £6,454,832 | £7,017,323 | £7,240,819 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 74 | 77 | 81 | +5.2% | |
| Wages | £3,199,822 | £2,663,383 | £2,936,484 | £3,120,336 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £49,774 | £55,800 | £59,499 | £59,104 | -0.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £120,000 | £120,000 | 0% |
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 80.1% | 18.2% | 17.0% | 19.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.0% | 67.1% | 54.3% | 65.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.79x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 62.53x | 4.78x | 6.41x | 9.30x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has no borrowings and a strong cash position and therefore the directors have determined there is no material uncertainty that casts significant doubt upon the company's ability to trade as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOBSON, Andrew Jonathan | Secretary | 2021-11-11 | — | — |
| DOBSON, Agnieszka | Director | 2022-07-04 | Oct 1974 | British |
| DOBSON, Andrew Johnathon | Director | 2021-11-11 | Mar 1967 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Labrador Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-23 | Active |
| Andrew Jonathan Dobson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-11 | Ceased 2021-11-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 19 of 19 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-11-11 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.