Davies & Meredith Limited
Registered name: DAVIES & MEREDITH LIMITED
Part of Opera Capital Limited groupDavies & Meredith Limited made £29.5m revenue and £365k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Davies & Meredith Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £29.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £365k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Bridgend; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bridgend, Wales
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1957
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £26.6m | £27.8m | £29.5m |
| Cost of sales | £25m | £26.3m | £27.2m | £28.9m |
| Gross profit | £331k | £351k | £623k | £625k |
| Operating profit | £326k | £341k | £412k | £363k |
| Profit before tax | £326k | £342k | £415k | £365k |
| Profit after tax | — | £269k | £476k | £365k |
| Profit (best available) | £326k | £269k | £476k | £365k |
| Staff costs | — | £386k | £437k | £643k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 1% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £47.6k | £28.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 604.8% | 75.1% | 146.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲4.3% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▲77.2% | ▼23.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | −£291k | £262k | £334k |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £6.9m | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | — | £2.1m | £309k | £533k |
| Source | Annual Report and Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2024 | Annual Report and Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2024 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2025 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 146.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £334k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Opera Capital Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Davies & Meredith Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from Reports and Financial Statements for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £365k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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