D M STEWART LIMITED
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Cash
£577k
+37.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.7m
+0.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
80
-7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£538k
+29.5% first positive since 2020
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,510,167 | £1,398,082 | £5,289,285 | £5,633,839 | £6,201,445 | +10.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£429,078 | £905,658 | £465,155 | £542,033 | £636,044 | +17.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£474,721 | £862,964 | £321,667 | £415,171 | £537,813 | +29.5% | |
| Net profit | -£397,410 | £841,843 | £135,681 | £270,846 | £392,719 | +45% | |
| Cash | £7,135 | £1,131,132 | £442,931 | £419,579 | £577,160 | +37.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,710,164 | £7,246,845 | £6,108,535 | £7,950,266 | £8,129,546 | +2.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,218,294 | £4,060,137 | £3,672,663 | £5,644,103 | £5,676,822 | +0.6% | |
| Equity | £3,218,294 | £4,060,137 | £3,672,663 | £5,644,103 | £5,676,822 | +0.6% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 66 | 83 | 86 | 80 | -7% | |
| Wages | £1,275,261 | £1,121,032 | £1,772,973 | £1,919,097 | £2,022,519 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £35,613 | £48,197 | £49,920 | £87,995 | £199,447 | +126.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £10,412 | £10,329 | £110,370 | +968.5% |
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -28.4% | 64.8% | 8.8% | 9.6% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | -26.3% | 60.2% | 2.6% | 4.8% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.5% | 12.5% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.0% | 51.6% | 51.9% | 41.5% | 40.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.44x | 0.39x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | -9.31x | 21.19x | 3.10x | 4.11x | 6.17x |
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
- MMG Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the company or cease its operations, and they have concluded that the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- D M STEWART LIMITED · parent
- Ben Challum Limited 99.03%
Significant events
- “Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £360,000. The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEWART, Christian Chancellor | Secretary | 1992-10-08 | — | British |
| STEWART, Christian Chancellor | Director | — | Sep 1968 | British |
| STEWART, David Macpherson | Director | — | Dec 1963 | British |
| STEWART, Kimberley Jane | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| STEWART, Susan | Director | 2020-10-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUTHERLAND, Kenneth Gordon | Secretary | 1990-07-24 | 1992-10-08 |
| MOORES ROWLAND | Corporate Secretary | — | 1990-07-24 |
| MENZIES, Edmond | Director | — | 1991-09-19 |
| STEWART, Ian Macpherson Mccallum | Director | — | 2017-03-19 |
| STEWART, Mary Alexandra | Director | — | 2010-08-06 |
| SUTHERLAND, Kenneth Gordon | Director | — | 1992-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christian Chancellor Stewart | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr David Macpherson Stewart | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mccallum Stewart Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.