Annual accounts
Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sussex House, Quarry Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8PE
- Classification (3 SIC codes)
- Sawmilling and planing of wood (16.10 - SIC 2007)Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials (46.13 - SIC 2007)Wholesale of wood construction materials and sanitary equipment (46.73 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
08/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 25/10/2025Due 08/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 25/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 25/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£44.15M2025
-0.42%vs 20242024: £44.33M
Total Assets
£112.80M2025
-2.74%vs 20242024: £115.98M
Cash in Bank
£64.53K2025
-82.54%vs 20242024: £369.48K
Total Liabilities
£28.77M2025
-4.59%vs 20242024: £30.15M
Employees
52025
0vs 20242024: 5
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 2.74% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -4.8% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | +1 |
| 2023 | 4 | -405 |
| 2022 | 409 | -3 |
| 2021 | 412 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 412 in 2021 to 5 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
9Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 09/12/2020–30/09/2024 | 6 | |
| Director | 01/01/2005–Present | 15 | |
| Director | 09/12/2020–02/10/2023 | 3 | |
| Director | 23/12/2005–Present | 44 | |
| Director | 07/05/2021–Present | 22 | |
| Director | 24/05/2022–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 11/11/2024–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 01/11/2023–Present | 15 | |
| Director | 17/11/2014–Present | 14 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 2 |
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About DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sussex House, Quarry Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8PE. Companies House classifies its business as Sawmilling and planing of wood, one of 3 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 81 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £44.15M and 5 employees.
DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED under 3 registered business activities: Sawmilling and planing of wood (16.10 - SIC 2007), Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials (46.13 - SIC 2007) and Wholesale of wood construction materials and sanitary equipment (46.73 - SIC 2007).
DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 06/07/1945.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £44.15M, total assets of £112.80M, cash in bank of £64.53K and total liabilities of £28.77M.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 08/11/2026.
Companies House lists 9 officers (7 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.