PORTER DODSON LLP
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+24.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+1.3% vs 2024
Employees
187
+10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
+25.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,566,464 | £17,963,101 | |
| Operating profit | £5,403,607 | £6,962,001 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,162,200 | £8,982,504 | |
| Net profit | £7,162,200 | £8,982,504 | |
| Cash | £3,322,026 | £4,146,397 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,741,630 | £11,908,606 | |
| Net assets | £8,817,630 | £8,932,241 | |
| Equity | £8,817,630 | £8,932,241 | |
| Average employees | 170 | 187 | |
| Wages | £5,369,445 | £6,180,203 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,788,824 | £3,384,556 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+15.4%
£15,566,464 £17,963,101
-
Cash
+24.8%
£3,322,026 £4,146,397
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Net assets
+1.3%
£8,817,630 £8,932,241
-
Employees
+10%
170 187
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Operating profit
+28.8%
£5,403,607 £6,962,001
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Profit before tax
+25.4%
£7,162,200 £8,982,504
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Wages
+15.1%
£5,369,445 £6,180,203
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.7% | 38.8% | |
| Net margin | 46.0% | 50.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.0% | 58.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.41x | 3.79x | |
| Interest cover | 5.48x | 6.88x |
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
- Francis Clark LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The members have considered a period of 12 months from approval of these accounts, including appropriate forecasts and are satisfied that the going concern basis continues to be appropriate.”
Group structure
- PORTER DODSON LLP · parent
- Porter Dodson Trust Corporation Limited 100%
- Porter Dodson Secretarial Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There is a binding sale agreement of the Sherborne property as at 30 April 2025. As at 30 April 2025 exchange of the property has occured and sale completion is expected post year end. The carrying amount of the assets is £317,500.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
29 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADFIELD, Evelyn Margaret Agnes | Llp Designated Member | 2013-05-01 | Jan 1978 | — |
| BAKER, Richard John | Llp Designated Member | 2012-10-02 | Aug 1967 | — |
| HINGLEY, Benjamin James | Llp Designated Member | 2016-05-01 | Apr 1982 | — |
| JAMES, Catherine Mary-Louise | Llp Designated Member | 2013-05-01 | Jun 1974 | — |
| BROWN, Lucy | Llp Member | 2024-11-07 | Sep 1977 | — |
| COLLIER, Sharon Louise | Llp Member | 2013-05-01 | Sep 1977 | — |
| CULSHAW, David James | Llp Member | 2021-05-10 | Oct 1981 | — |
| DAVIES, Zara | Llp Member | 2023-02-01 | Oct 1988 | — |
| DICKINSON, Christopher Thomas | Llp Member | 2024-04-02 | Dec 1989 | — |
| EMSON, Susannah Louise Milburn | Llp Member | 2024-03-04 | Jul 1981 | — |
| FARNHAM, Steven | Llp Member | 2015-03-09 | Feb 1973 | — |
| GAITSKELL, Zoe | Llp Member | 2022-04-04 | Sep 1977 | — |
| GREEN, Christopher John | Llp Member | 2021-11-12 | Apr 1986 | — |
| LINDEGAARD, Gemma Leanne | Llp Member | 2026-05-01 | Sep 1984 | — |
| MAQSOOD, Salma Hena | Llp Member | 2026-04-06 | Jul 1979 | — |
| MARSHALL, Rebecca | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | Dec 1968 | — |
| MOTTRAM, Tom Oliver | Llp Member | 2022-10-01 | Jun 1987 | — |
| PERRINS, Julia Helen | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | Apr 1960 | — |
| RAHMAN, Laura Kimberly | Llp Member | 2022-10-01 | Jul 1986 | — |
| SANDERS, Louise Lesley Robins | Llp Member | 2013-05-01 | Feb 1968 | — |
| SAUNDERS, Ellen | Llp Member | 2025-08-04 | Feb 1976 | — |
| SHAWCROSS, Kate | Llp Member | 2024-08-01 | Dec 1982 | — |
| SHEPHERD, Jenny | Llp Member | 2023-12-01 | Sep 1986 | — |
| STOKES, Oliver Matthew James | Llp Member | 2025-09-15 | Sep 1973 | — |
| STONE, Sarah Claire | Llp Member | 2020-02-01 | Aug 1987 | — |
| WALKER, Victoria | Llp Member | 2015-03-09 | Feb 1971 | — |
| WATKINS, Paul James | Llp Member | 2022-08-22 | Oct 1980 | — |
| WILSON, Michelle | Llp Member | 2019-07-01 | Jan 1971 | — |
| YOUNG, Sarah Anne | Llp Member | 2022-10-01 | Sep 1985 | — |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEATSON, Richard Hall | Llp Designated Member | 2012-10-02 | 2012-10-02 |
| CLEGG, Nicholas William | Llp Designated Member | 2014-08-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| GHEVAERT, Louisa Maria | Llp Designated Member | 2013-05-01 | 2014-08-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Nicholas Peter | Llp Designated Member | 2012-10-02 | 2013-04-26 |
| BOWLEY, Scott David | Llp Member | 2015-09-07 | 2025-04-30 |
| COPPARD, Robert Charles | Llp Member | 2022-02-01 | 2025-12-19 |
| FOX, Robert Charles Millard | Llp Member | 2012-02-14 | 2022-04-30 |
| GASKELL, Lesley Joan | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2020-04-30 |
| GILLAM, Ian David | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2015-10-31 |
| HUGHES, Ellen Audrey Lauren | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| MAHONEY, Stephen St John | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2021-04-30 |
| MAXWELL, Brian Davidson | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2017-04-30 |
| PALMER, Charles William John | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2017-04-30 |
| PEMBERTON, Christopher Lee | Llp Member | 2014-08-01 | 2019-02-07 |
| PITT, Michael John | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2017-04-30 |
| POOLE, Adrian Peter Richard | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2022-05-31 |
| ROCKLIFF, Beverley Jane | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2020-04-30 |
| SANKEY, Ian | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2023-04-30 |
| SAVAGE, Dominic | Llp Member | 2017-10-17 | 2019-02-07 |
| SIMPSON, Benjamin | Llp Member | 2024-04-02 | 2025-08-20 |
| SMITH, Cathryn Fiona | Llp Member | 2018-01-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| STOCK, Alison Margaret | Llp Member | 2013-05-01 | 2015-04-27 |
| STOKES, Oliver | Llp Member | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-15 |
| WEIR, Bruce Kerstin | Llp Member | 2012-02-14 | 2021-04-30 |
| WEST, Elizabeth Ann, Sol | Llp Member | 2015-09-07 | 2017-12-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Helen | Llp Member | 2022-09-01 | 2025-02-04 |
| WRAY, Stephen Elis | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2020-07-28 |
| YEATES, Ellen | Llp Member | 2021-12-21 | 2023-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-12 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-03-05 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-05 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-03-05 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-18 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-18 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-16 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-16 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-16 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-09-03 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-09-03 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.