DONCASTERS LIMITED

Active
Company number 00321992Private limited companyIncorporated 1936

Key figures

£476,331,000+253.8%
Net assets 2025
+253.8%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
0200 m400 m600 m20242025

† DONCASTERS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

DONCASTERS LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 25990

Where the company stands among the 7,438 active companies whose first SIC code is 25990 (Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.).

Net assets£476,331,000
Higher than 99% · median £85,615
Total assets£705,509,000
Higher than 99% · median £228,513
Cash£14,980,000
Higher than 99% · median £84,858
Employees888
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age89.9 years
Older than 99% · median 14.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED£1bn
  2. DONCASTERS LIMITED£476.3m
  3. CATERPILLAR SKINNINGROVE LIMITED£286.3m
  4. ROBERTSHAW CZ LIMITED£174.5m
  5. SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED£154.2m
  6. CROSS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1938) LIMITED£101.1m
  7. MB AEROSPACE NEWTON ABBOT LIMITED£96.3m
  8. CHROMALLOY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£83.6m
  9. ALL METAL SERVICES LIMITED£80.5m
  10. ESAB GROUP (UK) LIMITED£79.8m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 7,438. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: DONCASTERS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

DONCASTERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00321992. It was incorporated on 17 Dec 1936. Its status is active. The registered office is in Leeds (LS1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £540,988,000. Net assets were £476,331,000, up 253.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £14,980,000. Total assets were £705,509,000 and total liabilities £229,178,000. The company had an average of 888 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,438 active companies whose first SIC code is 25990: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £85,615). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £228,513). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £84,858). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 99% of them (median age 14.7 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £3,402, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, glass, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, nickel, iron and steel. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 71 days to pay suppliers, and 74% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 7.2% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 18 of 51 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 7 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Profit for the year17,679,000540,988,000
Cash at bank and in hand5,771,00014,980,000
Total assets1,182,997,000705,509,000
Total liabilities1,048,331,000229,178,000
Net assets / total equity134,649,000476,331,000
Average number of employees626888

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

1 grant

DONCASTERS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £3,402.

Grant
  1. Future Nacelle - Very Short Composite LipskinDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £3,402 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Average time taken to pay invoices
71 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
74%
Standard payment terms
0–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 10%
  • 31 to 60 days 16%
  • After 60 days 74%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2024
77
8%
74%
31 Dec 2023
80
5%
80%
30 Jun 2023
71
7%
55%
31 Dec 2022
70
10%
67%
30 Jun 2022
69
11%
66%
31 Dec 2021
68
10%
63%
30 Jun 2021
68
8%
56%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 7.2% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 7% higher
Median bonus pay
women 26.8% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter24.6% womenLower middle24.8% womenUpper middle9.2% womenUpper pay quarter21.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 13.8% lower
women 1.2% lower
2023/24
women 7.7% lower
women 1.8% higher
2022/23
women 10.1% lower
women 1.8% higher
2021/22
women 0.5% higher
women 6.5% lower
2020/21
women 16.7% lower
women 10.1% lower
2019/20
women 8.9% lower
women 1.1% lower
2018/19
women 17.5% lower
women 5.4% lower
2017/18
women 16.9% lower
women 8.7% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements5
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (2)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, glass, electrical equipment, nickel and soaps and waxes.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, nickel, iron and steel, other base metals and aircraft.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £476.3m, 888 employees
  2. Dundee Holdco 3 Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Dundee Holdco 4 Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £134.6m, 626 employees
  5. Dundee Holdco 4 Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.