D.H. WELTON & CO. LIMITED
Company number 01190424 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
D.H. Welton & Co. Limited presents a mixed risk profile, characterized by a robust historical balance sheet overshadowed by a severe and unexplained deterioration in profitability and cash reserves in the 2024 financial year. While the company remains solvent with adequate working capital to meet its immediate liabilities, the significant loss eroding retained earnings and the heavy reliance on intercompany debtors warrant immediate investigation. The primary focus for an institutional investor should be determining whether the 2024 downturn is a transient anomaly or indicative of deeper operational issues within the civil engineering contracts sector.
Shareholders' funds
£1,161,200
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1974-11-13
- Employees
- 35 (2024 accounts · was 34 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Corn Street Off Oldham Road, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 0UE
- Postcode
- M35 0UE
- Capital
- 1,800 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-08-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 42990 Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by DHW HOLDINGS LTD — since 2016-05-19
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£80,000 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA611943 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| . CORN STREET OFF OLDHAM ROAD, FAILSWORTH, MANCHESTER, M35 0UE, ENGLAND | 2012-08-01 |
| CORN STREET OFF OLDHAM ROAD, FAILSWORTH, MANCHESTER, M35 0JE | 2011-06-23 |
| CORN STREET, OFF OLDHAM ROAD, FAILSWORTH, MANCHESTER, M35 0JF | 2008-08-19 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 232 similar companies in M
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (35 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1974.
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 18 among construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified in Manchester.
The class of 1974
54%
of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2026-01-14
- Where
- Greater Manchester (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM973749 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2026-01-14 | — |
| MAN454371 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2025-04-10 | — |
| MAN129272 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2008-10-31 | — |
| LA352106 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2008-07-04 | — |
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