DRAIN LINE SOUTHERN LIMITED
Company number 04933418 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Drain Line Southern has successfully repositioned itself from a regional drainage contractor into a multi-service highways infrastructure provider, tripling turnover since FY22 to £22.9m on the back of long-term local-authority and tier-1 frameworks. The strategic imperative has now shifted from growth to monetisation: gross margin has fallen 680bps to 14.1% and revenue per employee is flat, meaning the platform is built but not yet yielding operating leverage. Priority should go to proving mobilisation costs are transient, diversifying an 85%-concentrated customer base through rail and contracted reactive maintenance, and tightening working-capital discipline before the next phase of expansion.
Shareholders' funds
£2,391,951
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of drainage specialists.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-10-15
- Employees
- 255 (2025 accounts · was 189 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Preston Park House, South Road, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN1 6SB
- Postcode
- BN1 6SB
- Capital
- 109 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-15
- Next due by
- 2027-10-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 36000 Water collection, treatment and supply
- 43390 Other building completion and finishing
Officers 7 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£242,401 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-04-01).
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 — ZA776395 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- drainlinesouthern.co.uk
- Phone
- 01403 261549
Drainage services including all aspects of drain repair & inspection, drain lining, unblocking, CCTV surveys, liquid waste disposal, and water jetting
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 1 KINGSTHORPE ROAD, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, BN3 5HR, ENGLAND | 2016-07-07 |
| UNIT 1 KINGSTHORPE ROAD, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, BN3 5JG | 2016-01-21 |
| UNIT 1 THE TIMBERS VALE ROAD, PORTSLADE, EAST SUSSEX, BN41 1GG | 2011-07-27 |
| 40 BRIGHTON ROAD, LANCING, WEST SUSSEX, BN15 8ET | 2008-11-12 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 12/11/2008 FROM, 40 BRIGHTON ROAD, LANCING, WEST SUSSEX, BN15 8ET | 2008-11-12 |
| 86 BRIGHTON ROAD, SHOREHAM, WEST SUSSEX, BN43 6RH | 2003-11-07 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 15 similar companies in BN
The largest employer among its local peers (255 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2003.
Competitors
This company ranks 1 among similar companies in Bn.
The class of 2003
38%
of the 163,089 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Businesses that transport or deal in waste must register with the Environment Agency. You can check this company on the official register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers.