DERWENT LONDON PLC

Active
Company number 01819699Public limited companyIncorporated 1984

Key figures

£3,615,300,000+2.1%
Net assets 2025
-3.5%
Average annual change 2020–2025
02 bn4 bn6 bn202020212022202320242025

DERWENT LONDON PLC files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 41100

Where the company stands among the 107,272 active companies whose first SIC code is 41100 (Development of building projects).

Net assets£3,615,300,000
Higher than 99% · median £9,991
Total assets£5,313,700,000
Higher than 99% · median £179,038
Cash£131,700,000
Higher than 99% · median £14,106
Company age42.5 years
Older than 96% · median 6.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. VANSTIAN LIMITED£55.7bn
  2. RIVER VALLEY JL HOLDCO LIMITED£39.6bn
  3. NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED£22.9bn
  4. BL RETAIL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED£8.3bn
  5. BRITISH LAND COMPANY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)£5.9bn
  6. BL INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED£4.4bn
  7. DERWENT LONDON PLC£3.6bn
  8. BELLWAY P L C£3.5bn
  9. TAYLOR WIMPEY HOLDINGS LIMITED£2.8bn
  10. TAYLOR WIMPEY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED£2.8bn

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 107,272. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: DERWENT LONDON PLC

What kind of company is it?

DERWENT LONDON PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01819699. It was incorporated on 25 May 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W1S). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is development of building projects (41100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Profit for the year was £161,100,000. Net assets were £3,615,300,000, up 2.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £131,700,000. Total assets were £5,313,700,000 and total liabilities £1,698,400,000. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 107,272 active companies whose first SIC code is 41100: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £9,991). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £179,038). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £14,106). It is older than 96% of them (median age 6.8 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

When are its next filings due?

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

Dividends

from the accounts
2025

Dividends paid in the financial year: £90,800,000 (56% of the profit for the year).

History
2025£90,800,000
2024£89,600,000
2023£88,700,000
2022£86,800,000
2021£84,300,000
2020£81,800,000
Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Profit for the year253,800,000-280,500,000-476,400,000115,900,000161,100,000
Cash at bank and in hand68,500,00076,600,00073,000,00071,400,000131,700,000
Total assets5,892,000,0005,509,400,0005,028,000,0005,214,000,0005,313,700,000
Total liabilities1,450,200,0001,433,900,0001,519,200,0001,674,200,0001,698,400,000
Net assets / total equity4,441,800,0004,075,500,0003,508,800,0003,539,800,0003,615,300,000
Dividends paid84,300,00086,800,00088,700,00089,600,00090,800,000

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.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements6
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 (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
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.

History

8 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £3.6bn
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £3.5bn
  3. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £3.5bn
  4. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £4.1bn
  5. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £4.4bn
  6. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £4.3bn
  7. Name changed to DERWENT LONDON PLCPreviously DERWENT VALLEY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY.
  8. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.