DRENAGH SAWMILLS LIMITED
Get an alert when DRENAGH SAWMILLS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+42.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+1.7% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
52
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£963K
-38.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £10,167,306 | £10,494,613 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,526,228 | £927,909 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,575,161 | £963,263 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £829,777 | £660,780 | |
| Cash | £1,892,070 | £3,626,561 | £2,371,151 | £1,680,894 | £2,396,532 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,713,017 | £12,108,224 | £14,724,668 | £20,461,735 | £21,111,430 | |
| Net assets | £11,080,093 | £11,557,242 | £13,990,648 | £18,792,066 | £19,108,394 | |
| Equity | £11,080,093 | £11,557,242 | £13,990,648 | £18,792,066 | £19,108,394 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 45 | 42 | 56 | 52 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,023,587 | £2,139,900 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £372,770 | £396,005 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.2%
£10,167,306 £10,494,613
-
Cash
+42.6%
£1,680,894 £2,396,532
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£18,792,066 £19,108,394
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-7.1%
56 52
-
Operating profit
-39.2%
£1,526,228 £927,909
-
Profit before tax
-38.8%
£1,575,161 £963,263
-
Wages
+5.7%
£2,023,587 £2,139,900
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 15.0% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 8.2% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 7.5% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 20.2% | 23.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.53x | 3.90x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 127.47x | 35.69x |
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
- Donaldson & Thompson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- DRENAGH SAWMILLS LIMITED · parent
- McKeever Forestry Limited 100%
- Raudon Teoranta 100%
- Garlena Properties Limited 51%
- Traditional Garden Games Limited 100%
- Danmade Limited 100%
- Mill Cask Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Raudon Teoranta ceased trading in 2021 and the directors recommended to shareholders to proceed with an orderly wind up of the business”
- “The group invested £1,577,111 in capital additions in the year”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKEEVER, Mark Anthony | Secretary | 1974-06-20 | — | British |
| CONNOR, Elaine Diana | Director | 2014-07-29 | Feb 1976 | British |
| HAMILTON, Helen Lisa | Director | 2014-07-29 | Mar 1974 | British |
| MCDONALD, Lee Jason | Director | 2014-07-29 | Jan 1976 | British |
| MCKEEVER, Kevin | Director | 2002-12-02 | Sep 1966 | British |
| MCKEEVER, Mark Anthony | Director | 1999-03-19 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOHERTY, Mervyn | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2023-04-28 |
| KERLIN, Eamon | Director | 1974-06-20 | 2021-05-15 |
| MCKEEVER, Elizabeth | Director | 1974-06-20 | 2002-12-02 |
| MCKEEVER, George Edward | Director | 1974-06-20 | 2002-12-02 |
| MCKEEVER, Gerard John | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2026-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuis Capital Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Mark Anthony Mckeever | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2025-09-29 |
| Mr Kevin Mckeever | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2025-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-15 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2024-08-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.