DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Company number 01906852 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Design and Management Contractors Limited demonstrates a stable but highly leveraged financial condition, characterized by consistent profitability but an aggressive dividend policy that extracts virtually all retained earnings. While the company has successfully reduced its trade creditors and invoice financing, its low cash reserves and high reliance on trade debtors make it vulnerable to industry-specific payment delays. The financial health is currently adequate but lacks the retained capital necessary to ensure robust long-term resilience without ongoing parent company support.
Shareholders' funds
£652,050
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1985-04-19
- Employees
- 62 (2025 accounts · was 65 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Contract House, 202 North Cray Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 5EH
- Postcode
- DA14 5EH
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-14
- Next due by
- 2026-11-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43290 Other construction installation
Officers 5 current · 15 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by FIRST FACILITIES GROUP LIMITED — since 2018-12-20
Controlled by DESIGN & MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA648474 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BODEWELL LIMITED | 1989-09-20 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 82 CRAYFORD HIGH STREET, CRAYFORD, KENT, DA1 4EF | 1998-10-07 |
| 51A UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, KENT, DA16 3AD | 1992-10-01 |
| 157 DULWICH ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0NF | 1989-09-04 |
| 14 SILVERDALE ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, KENT, DA7 5AB | 1988-03-11 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 247 similar companies in DA
3rd largest employer among its local peers (62 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1985.
No.17 of the largest other construction installation companies in Dartford →
Competitors Dartford
This company ranks 17 among other construction installation in Dartford.
The class of 1985
49%
of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
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