DALES ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£8.9m
+31.8% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£14m
+6.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
115
+4.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-20.4% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,886,175 | £15,890,643 | £21,865,133 | £22,511,554 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,476,642 | £262,161 | £1,381,899 | £1,095,123 | -20.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,477,687 | £337,038 | £1,472,588 | £1,171,560 | -20.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,197,717 | £253,204 | £1,101,428 | £872,846 | -20.8% | |
| Cash | £5,822,038 | £5,826,794 | £6,772,337 | £8,925,648 | +31.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,453,918 | £11,753,974 | £12,908,639 | £13,771,933 | +6.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,311,561 | £11,564,765 | £12,666,193 | £13,539,039 | +6.9% | |
| Equity | £11,311,561 | £11,564,765 | £12,666,193 | £13,539,039 | +6.9% | |
| Average employees | 107 | 107 | 110 | 115 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £5,099,871 | £5,064,167 | £5,776,046 | £5,791,729 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,193 | £137,415 | £174,180 | £318,238 | +82.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £7,356 | £7,635 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £144,815 | £148,048 | +2.2% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 1.6% | 6.3% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 1.6% | 5.0% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | 2.2% | 10.7% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.7% | 16.2% | 20.8% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 6.39x | 4.88x | 8.84x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DALES ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED 1996-05-01 → present
- DALES ENGINEERING LIMITED 1987-12-29 → 1996-05-01
- MERVEND LIMITED 1987-11-30 → 1987-12-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months. The directors, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASSON GLENNIE LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2002-09-05 | — | — |
| DUNCAN, Jacqueline Bell | Director | 2013-06-06 | Jun 1958 | British |
| DUNCAN, William George | Director | 1998-11-06 | Jun 1957 | British |
| MACKIE, Graham Alexander | Director | 1996-12-01 | Jan 1956 | British |
| MACKIE, Nina | Director | 2013-06-06 | Feb 1961 | British |
| THOMSON, Kevin Buchan | Director | 2009-02-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTTON, James | Secretary | — | 1996-04-11 |
| MACKIE, Graham Alexander | Secretary | 1999-10-06 | 2002-09-05 |
| STRONACHS | Corporate Secretary | 1996-04-11 | 1999-10-06 |
| ALEXANDER, Linda | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1994-10-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Charles | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-08-11 |
| HUTTON, James | Director | 1987-12-01 | 1992-08-15 |
| HUTTON, James | Director | — | 1996-04-12 |
| LAWSON, Charles | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2015-04-23 |
| MACKIE, Graham Alexander | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1996-04-11 |
| NICOL, Kerry Ann | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2002-08-13 |
| NICOL, Maurice James | Director | — | 2002-08-14 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Alexander Mitchell | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2002-08-14 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Alexander Mitchell | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1996-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dales 2002 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.