D.A. CANT LTD.
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Shareholders' funds
£9,173,316
Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28
What it does
civil engineering and the construction of road surfaces.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-02-13
- Employees
- 56 (2025 accounts · was 53 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Ground Floor Southway House, 29 Southway, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7BA
- Postcode
- CO2 7BA
- Capital
- 196 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-13
- Next due by
- 2027-02-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 41201 Construction of commercial buildings
- 42110 Construction of roads and motorways
Officers 3 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by GUN HILL 1 LIMITED — since 2025-11-25
Controlled by D A C GROUP LIMITED — since 2017-02-13
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB464359 (Tier 2), registered since 2022.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| D A CANT SURFACING LTD | 2001-04-20 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1ST FLOOR THE COACH HOUSE, 49 EAST STREET, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, CO1 2TG | 2011-08-09 |
| 2B GRANVILLE ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO1 2EE | 1999-10-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 147 similar companies in CO
2nd largest employer among its local peers (56 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.4 of the largest construction of commercial buildings companies in Colchester →
Competitors Colchester
This company ranks 4 among construction of commercial buildings in Colchester.
The class of 1998
27%
of the 561 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 71% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2017-08-23
- Where
- Essex (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX959065 | Essex | Freehold | 2017-08-23 | — |
| EX837361 | Essex | Leasehold | 2009-06-18 | — |
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