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darke & taylor limited Company Information

Company Number

00999233

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Directors

Graham Winstone

Simon Newton

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Shareholders

darke & taylor (holdings) ltd

Group Structure

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Industry

Electrical installation

Registered Address

radiant house, 11 blenheim office park, fenlock, witney, oxfordshire, OX29 8LN

Website

www.darkeandtaylor.co.uk

darke & taylor limited Estimated Valuation

£32.5m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of DARKE & TAYLOR LIMITED at £32.5m based on an EBITDA of £4.4m and a 7.45x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Darke & Taylor Limited is a live company located in witney, OX29 8LN with a Companies House number of 00999233. It operates in the electrical installation sector, SIC Code 43210. Founded in January 1971, it's largest shareholder is darke & taylor (holdings) ltd with a 100% stake. Darke & Taylor Limited is a mature, large sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £32.9m with high growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Darke & Taylor Limited a 5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 6 measures and has 2 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating5out of 5

6 Strong

4 Regular

2 Weak

Size

annual sales of £32.9m, make it larger than the average company (£3.7m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 16%, show it is growing at a faster rate (9.3%)

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Darke & Taylor Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £32.9 million and the company has net assets of £3.2 million. According to their latest financial statements, Darke & Taylor Limited has 233 employees and maintains cash reserves of £970.4 thousand as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	32,912,986	30,770,494	21,147,854	21,180,740	16,596,119	12,872,189	14,728,916	13,721,174	14,576,476	12,528,379	10,219,003	12,452,914	13,667,216	13,177,914	12,811,458
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales	24,579,741	23,459,160	16,170,747	16,567,761	12,939,556	10,054,356	11,630,306	10,594,403	11,531,872	9,814,716	7,768,024	9,989,092	11,264,993	10,794,457	10,281,999
Gross Profit	8,333,245	7,311,334	4,977,107	4,612,979	3,656,563	2,817,833	3,098,610	3,126,771	3,044,604	2,713,663	2,450,979	2,463,822	2,402,223	2,383,457	2,529,459
Admin Expenses	4,216,183	4,482,549	3,130,069	3,427,778	2,749,290	2,084,435	2,321,611	2,267,441	2,234,496	2,056,460	1,741,942	1,946,209	2,166,308	2,340,267	2,152,074
Operating Profit	4,117,062	2,828,785	1,847,038	1,185,201	907,273	733,398	776,999	859,330	810,108	657,203	709,037	517,613	235,915	43,190	377,385
Interest Payable	3,566	5,485	7,587	10,051	9,464	9,749	9,752	11,642	13,977	13,095	18,035	15,455	20,658	21,583	10,152
Interest Receivable	964	1,363	1,135	930	4,263	1,883	329	4,188	1,988	3,795	9,006	9,017		6	894
Pre-Tax Profit	4,114,460	2,824,663	1,840,586	1,176,080	902,072	725,532	767,576	851,876	798,119	647,903	700,008	511,175	215,257	21,613	368,127
Tax	-990,172	-415,439	-195,156	34,692	395,269	-140,516	-171,044	-175,247	-166,402	-134,135	-159,050	-137,665	-49,793	3,252	-91,636
Profit After Tax	3,124,288	2,409,224	1,645,430	1,210,772	1,297,341	585,016	596,532	676,629	631,717	513,768	540,958	373,510	165,464	24,865	276,491
Dividends Paid	2,410,020	1,606,212	1,222,532	1,135,285	3,252,626	314,962	237,600	347,950	276,100	276,815	222,000	121,000		150,000	831,202
Retained Profit	714,268	803,012	422,898	75,487	-1,955,285	270,054	358,932	328,679	355,617	236,953	318,958	252,510	165,464	-125,135	-554,711
Employee Costs	10,061,730	9,675,950	8,642,739	8,009,333	7,402,845	6,596,178	6,516,572	6,373,878	5,954,564	5,198,989	4,475,511	4,509,584	4,956,863	5,645,225	5,196,614
Number Of Employees	233	217	220	204	195	171	184	180	173	156	135	137	149	168	160
EBITDA*	4,366,221	3,023,270	2,022,253	1,342,558	1,051,150	874,040	918,796	1,001,127	961,140	800,473	840,046	621,796	330,590	139,217	480,666

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	1,252,579	819,208	738,307	859,474	705,315	601,995	618,154	528,403	521,676	500,319	468,854	367,568	326,602	374,792	332,653
Intangible Assets
Investments & Other	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	5,000
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	132,038	615,000	425,000	430,000	338,000	278,032	298,000	282,000	292,000	248,800	208,800	248,943	284,720	241,400	234,900
Total Fixed Assets	1,399,617	1,449,208	1,178,307	1,304,474	1,058,315	895,027	926,154	820,403	823,676	759,119	682,654	616,511	611,322	616,192	567,553
Stock & work in progress	14,716	15,303	10,356	8,153	7,412	6,738	6,126	5,891	5,665	3,776	3,433	3,270	3,000	3,000	24,076
Trade Debtors	30,016	33,071	411,662	711,952	1,954,519	1,784,708	1,529,702	1,465,734	682,888	737,887	1,349,278	1,727,310	2,964,089	2,098,257	2,156,046
Group Debtors	4,497,538	4,207,558	1,177,935	870,935	670,949	1,570,935	1,870,935	769,125	769,125	646,401	751,288	64,751	24,510	11,040
Misc Debtors	160,650	100,999	93,814	70,208	140,404	60,010	70,792	66,715	1,015,903	1,398,486	56,543	59,124	29,361	54,584	59,005
Cash	970,389	637,670	924,031	894,781		1,274,474	897,888	1,860,900	1,245,957	468,437	747,718	696,552	24,298	25,928	446,646
misc current assets
total current assets	5,673,309	4,994,601	2,617,798	2,556,029	2,773,284	4,696,865	4,375,443	4,168,365	3,719,538	3,254,987	2,908,260	2,551,007	3,045,258	2,192,809	2,685,773
total assets	7,072,926	6,443,809	3,796,105	3,860,503	3,831,599	5,591,892	5,301,597	4,988,768	4,543,214	4,014,106	3,590,914	3,167,518	3,656,580	2,809,001	3,253,326
Bank overdraft					93,644
Bank loan
Trade Creditors	1,873,923	2,411,049	1,205,257	1,106,984	1,347,677	934,300	872,428	969,892	842,232	811,428	687,382	799,449	1,662,986	808,923	1,064,742
Group/Directors Accounts	169,102							198,190	178,190	218,881	7,980	13,768
other short term finances						333	333						129,547	136,753	199,381
hp & lease commitments	44,768	60,876	84,186	172,188	175,870	154,775	174,789	135,167	142,707	161,985	135,412	111,632	78,189	91,998	78,625
other current liabilities	1,496,350	1,245,298	589,696	1,014,857	748,441	1,116,949	1,073,573	949,018	961,075	741,711	886,552	774,354	592,679	595,103	527,102
total current liabilities	3,584,143	3,717,223	1,879,139	2,294,029	2,365,632	2,206,357	2,121,123	2,252,267	2,124,204	1,934,005	1,717,326	1,699,203	2,463,401	1,632,777	1,869,850
loans														120,044	256,796
hp & lease commitments	15,070	56,049	21,092	105,281	128,541	116,308	157,197	98,635	103,391	118,563	153,200	86,308	61,088	97,948	47,320
Accruals and Deferred Income
other liabilities
provisions	249,930	161,022	130,995	119,212	70,932	47,785	71,889	45,412	51,844	53,380	49,223	29,800	32,395	23,999	19,991
total long term liabilities	265,000	217,071	152,087	224,493	199,473	164,093	229,086	144,047	155,235	171,943	202,423	116,108	93,483	241,991	324,107
total liabilities	3,849,143	3,934,294	2,031,226	2,518,522	2,565,105	2,370,450	2,350,209	2,396,314	2,279,439	2,105,948	1,919,749	1,815,311	2,556,884	1,874,768	2,193,957
net assets	3,223,783	2,509,515	1,764,879	1,341,981	1,266,494	3,221,442	2,951,388	2,592,454	2,263,775	1,908,158	1,671,165	1,352,207	1,099,696	934,233	1,059,369
total shareholders funds	3,223,783	2,509,515	1,764,879	1,341,981	1,266,494	3,221,442	2,951,388	2,592,454	2,263,775	1,908,158	1,671,165	1,352,207	1,099,696	934,233	1,059,369

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	4,117,062	2,828,785	1,847,038	1,185,201	907,273	733,398	776,999	859,330	810,108	657,203	709,037	517,613	235,915	43,190	377,385
Depreciation	249,159	194,485	175,215	157,357	143,877	140,642	141,797	141,797	151,032	143,270	131,009	104,183	94,675	96,027	103,281
Amortisation
Tax	-990,172	-415,439	-195,156	34,692	395,269	-140,516	-171,044	-175,247	-166,402	-134,135	-159,050	-137,665	-49,793	3,252	-91,636
Stock	-587	4,947	2,203	741	674	612	235	226	1,889	343	163	270		-21,076	24,076
Debtors	-136,386	2,848,217	25,316	-1,020,777	-589,813	-75,744	1,185,855	-176,342	-271,658	665,665	265,781	-1,202,552	897,399	-44,670	2,449,951
Creditors	-537,126	1,205,792	98,273	-240,693	413,377	61,872	-97,464	127,660	30,804	124,046	-112,067	-863,537	854,063	-255,819	1,064,742
Accruals and Deferred Income	251,052	655,602	-425,161	266,416	-368,508	43,376	124,555	-12,057	219,364	-144,841	112,198	181,675	-2,424	68,001	527,102
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	88,908	30,027	11,783	48,280	23,147	-24,104	26,477	-6,432	-1,536	4,157	19,423	-2,595	8,396	4,008	19,991
Cash flow from operations	3,315,856	1,646,088	1,484,473	2,471,289	2,103,574	889,800	-384,770	1,111,167	1,313,139	-16,308	434,606	1,001,956	243,433	24,405	-473,162
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-682,530	-275,386	-54,048	-311,516	-247,197	-124,483	-231,548	-148,524	-172,389	-174,735	-232,295	-145,149	-46,483	-138,166	-64,038
Change in Investments						5,000				5,000	5,000
cash flow from investments	-682,530	-275,386	-54,048	-311,516	-247,197	-129,483	-231,548	-148,524	-172,389	-179,735	-237,295	-145,149	-46,483	-138,166	-64,038
Financing Activities
Bank loans
Group/Directors Accounts	169,102						-198,190	20,000	-40,691	210,901	-5,788	13,768
Other Short Term Loans					-333		333					-129,547	-7,206	-62,628	199,381
Long term loans													-120,044	-136,752	256,796
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	-57,087	11,647	-172,191	-26,942	33,328	-60,903	98,184	-12,296	-34,450	-8,064	90,672	58,663	-50,669	64,001	125,945
other long term liabilities
share issue		-58,376			337		2			40		1	-1	-1	1,614,080
interest	-2,602	-4,122	-6,452	-9,121	-5,201	-7,866	-9,423	-7,454	-11,989	-9,300	-9,029	-6,438	-20,658	-21,577	-9,258
cash flow from financing	109,413	-50,851	-178,643	-36,063	28,131	-68,769	-109,094	250	-87,130	193,577	75,855	-63,553	-198,578	-156,957	2,186,944
cash and cash equivalents
cash	332,719	-286,361	29,250	894,781	-1,274,474	376,586	-963,012	614,943	777,520	-279,281	51,166	672,254	-1,630	-420,718	446,646
overdraft				-93,644	93,644
change in cash	332,719	-286,361	29,250	988,425	-1,368,118	376,586	-963,012	614,943	777,520	-279,281	51,166	672,254	-1,630	-420,718	446,646

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High Risk20 - 30

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DARKE & TAYLOR LIMITED group structure

Darke & Taylor Limited has no subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

DARKE & TAYLOR GROUP LIMITED

14246254

DARKE & TAYLOR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

06514453

2 parents

DARKE & TAYLOR LIMITED

00999233

DARKE & TAYLOR LIMITED Shareholders

darke & taylor (holdings) ltd

100%

Darke & Taylor Limited currently has 6 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Graham Winstone (Apr 2006) and Mr Simon Newton (Dec 2007).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr Graham Winstone	England	52 years	Apr 2006	-	Director
Mr Simon Newton	England	53 years	Dec 2007	-	Director
Mr Keiron Richmond	England	44 years	Apr 2023	-	Director
Mr Mark Swadling	England	52 years	Apr 2023	-	Director
Mr Julian Butler	England	55 years	Apr 2023	-	Director
Mr Stephen Fifield	England	56 years	May 2024	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

32.9m

+7%

operating profit

4.1m

+46%

gross margin

25.4%

+6.56%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

3.2m

+0.28%

total assets

7.1m

+0.1%

cash

970.4k

+0.52%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

00999233

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

43210 - Electrical installation

incorporation date

January 1971

ultimate parent company

DARKE & TAYLOR GROUP LIMITED

previous names

N/A

address

radiant house, 11 blenheim office park, fenlock, witney, oxfordshire, OX29 8LN

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