DENHOLM BROWN BROTHERS & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
Cash
£52
-10.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£104K
+7.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As stated in note 1, the directors do not consider the company to be a going concern and consequently these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,719 | -£1,443 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £96,911 | £104,367 | |
| Net profit | — | £74,132 | £78,260 | |
| Cash | — | £58 | £52 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £1,156,591 | £1,154,851 | |
| Equity | £1,152,459 | £1,156,591 | £1,154,851 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-10.3%
£58 £52
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£1,156,591 £1,154,851
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+16.1%
-£1,719 -£1,443
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Profit before tax
+7.7%
£96,911 £104,367
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | 48.29x | 42.95x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DENHOLM BROWN BROTHERS & COMPANY LIMITED 2008-06-17 → present
- J.& J. DENHOLM LIMITED 1991-01-21 → 2008-06-17
- J. & J. DENHOLM, LIMITED 1916-08-12 → 1991-01-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As stated in note 1, the directors do not consider the company to be a going concern and consequently these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIELS, Craig David George | Secretary | 2020-12-02 | — | — |
| MACLEHOSE, Benjamin Donald Robert | Director | 2020-12-02 | Feb 1981 | British |
| PRESTON, Simon Luke | Director | 2020-12-02 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANSON, Gregory Albert | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2020-12-02 |
| PARKER, James Frederick Somerville | Secretary | — | 1999-09-30 |
| ARBUTHNOTT, Hugh J | Director | — | 1995-04-26 |
| BEVERIDGE, Michael John | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2004-10-08 |
| BOYD, James Edward | Director | — | 1996-04-24 |
| BROWN, James David Denholm | Director | — | 2002-10-11 |
| BROWN, John Michael | Director | — | 2006-05-02 |
| DENHOLM, John Ferguson, Sir | Director | — | 1998-04-16 |
| DENHOLM, John Stephen | Director | — | 2020-12-02 |
| DRUMMOND, Norman Walker, The Revd Professor | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2007-12-14 |
| FORSYTH, Michael Bruce, The Rt Hon Lord | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2008-06-16 |
| FREELAND, Donald John | Director | 1995-04-26 | 2007-12-14 |
| HANSON, Gregory Albert | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2020-12-02 |
| HARRIS, Diana Jane | Director | 1993-03-18 | 2009-04-27 |
| HENDERSON, John Alexander | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2009-04-27 |
| LOCKETT, Patrick Gordon | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2007-12-14 |
| MILLER, James David Frederick | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2005-06-10 |
| PARKER, James Frederick Somerville | Director | 1994-12-20 | 2007-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. & J. Denholm Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.