WILLIAM DAVIS LIMITED
Company number 00468397 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
William Davis Limited stands as a highly capitalized and structurally secure regional housebuilder, leveraging a substantial £9m share capital and stable private ownership to navigate a volatile UK residential construction market. While lacking the geographic diversification of the national PLCs, its robust corporate governance and deep regional heritage allow it to operate from a position of financial strength, avoiding the over-leveraged pitfalls of smaller competitors. The firm is well-positioned to capitalize on sector consolidation, provided it can successfully manage margin compression from mortgage affordability constraints and rising regulatory compliance costs.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1949-05-12
- Registered office
- Forest Field, Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicester, LE11 3NS
- Postcode
- LE11 3NS
- Capital
- 9,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 22 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-04
- Next due by
- 2027-01-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 41100 Development of building projects
- 41202 Construction of domestic buildings
Officers 10 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 8 subsidiaries
Controlled by BROADTHORPE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-05-31) as part of the BROADTHORPE LIMITED group statement.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA763812 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 1
£3,000 in registered political donations since 2005.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
6.3%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- williamdavis.co.uk
- Phone
- 0115 6712031, 0116 216 2027, 0116 2558666
William Davis Homes - New Build Houses For Sale from William Davis Homes
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM DAVIS & COMPANY (LEICESTER) LIMITED | 1980-12-31 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,444 similar companies in LE, trading since 1949
Property in England & Wales 172 titles
- Freehold
- 172
- Most recent registration
- 2026-08-12
- Price paid, where recorded
- £70,959,475
- Where
- Leicestershire (78), Nottinghamshire (24), Derbyshire (18)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT491736 | City Of Nottingham | Freehold | 2026-08-12 | £230,000 |
| LT568899 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2026-07-01 | £2,350,000 |
| LT252117 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2026-06-12 | £200,000 |
| NT69549 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 2026-04-22 | £240,000 |
| LT563730 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2025-10-03 | — |
| LT562389 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2025-07-24 | — |
| NT601480 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 2025-01-24 | — |
| LT555659 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2024-08-05 | — |
| NT590974 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 2024-07-18 | — |
| WK539952 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2024-07-01 | — |
| LT304485 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2024-02-21 | — |
| LT308484 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2024-02-21 | £220,000 |
| LT492246 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2024-02-21 | — |
| LT498212 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2024-02-21 | — |
| NT586717 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 2024-01-19 | — |
| WK535709 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2023-10-03 | — |
| LT547649 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2023-07-12 | — |
| LT265253 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2023-02-06 | £1,660,000 |
| NT575255 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 2022-09-21 | £1,000,000 |
| LT540327 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2022-08-26 | £5,050,000 |
Showing 20 of 172.
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