THOMAS DUDLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
+34.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£80m
+3.7% vs 2024
Employees
406
-3.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.2m
-47% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,192,259 | £67,697,000 | £64,313,871 | -5% | |
| Operating profit | £7,042,519 | £2,846,797 | £2,385,893 | -16.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,060,352 | £6,018,427 | £3,186,838 | -47% | |
| Net profit | £6,250,904 | £4,270,087 | £2,817,148 | -34% | |
| Cash | £6,034,904 | £7,656,742 | £10,331,976 | +34.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £86,577,384 | £83,954,208 | £86,761,611 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £81,149,648 | £77,401,735 | £80,274,883 | +3.7% | |
| Equity | £81,149,648 | £77,401,735 | £80,274,883 | +3.7% | |
| Average employees | 434 | 422 | 406 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £16,597,835 | £16,341,747 | £16,618,523 | +1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £978,470 | £973,522 | £1,022,295 | +5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 4.2% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 6.3% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 3.4% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 13.6% | 14.0% | |
| Current ratio | 9.68x | 7.93x | 7.15x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group 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.”
Group structure
- THOMAS DUDLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Thomas Dudley Group Limited 100%
- BBS Autosyphons Limited 100%
- Beta Ballvalves Limted 100%
- Cronexrabo Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group acquired the trade and assets of a drain rod manufacturing company in November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Paul Richard | Director | 2025-03-27 | Mar 1973 | British |
| DAVIES, Peter James | Director | 2023-10-19 | Apr 1953 | British |
| DUDLEY, Martin John | Director | 2023-10-19 | Jan 1969 | British |
| PARKER, Jason James | Director | 2023-10-19 | Apr 1971 | British |
| POWLES, Anthony | Director | 2023-10-19 | Aug 1948 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anthony Powles | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-09-30 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Mr Peter James Davies | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-09-30 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Martin John Dudley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-10-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-17 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-10-19 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.