E. Dowley & Sons Adjusted Accounts

Extracts from audited accounts of Edward Dowley & Sons Ltd. 1906-1974 (figures in £’s adjusted for inflation to 1974 values)

Year	Sales(000’s)	Gross Profit(000’s)	% GP	Net Profit(000’s)	Bank Overdraft(000’s)	Sundry Debtors(000’s)	Investments(000’s)
1906	861	77	8.90	25	–	131	–
1907	878	78	8.85	20	–	134	–
1908	1015	106	10.46	53	–	145	–
1909	998	93	9.33	20	–	132	–
1910	997	75	7.56	25	–	135	–
1911	973	101	10.37	43	–	160	–
1912	999	103	10.35	46	–	166	–
1913	1090	90	8.22	34	–	161	–
1914	976	95	9.83	35	–	156	–
1915	1100	145	13.20	77	–	120	–
1916	1144	101	8.83	35	–	133	23.3
1917	1407	129	9.17	50	–	108	45.0
1918	1137	121	10.66	40	–	71	43.4
1919	802	95	11.80	25	–	64	111.8
1920	1447	144	9.96	47	–	114	107.9
1921	1325	121	9.17	23	–	96	104.1
1922	730	80	10.94	-15	–	70	99.3
1923	624	76	12.25	7	–	79	165.3
1924	689	90	13.00	8	–	69	165.1
1925	589	64	10.92	3	–	56	154.0
1926	523	62	11.80	11	–	53	148.7
1927	543	64	11.76	14	–	61	143.5
1928	478	53	11.05	11	–	74	143.5
1929	561	64	11.34	15	–	65	102.8
1930	515	60	11.61	15	–	67	100.2
1931	492	68	13.82	23	–	60	100.6
1932	498	68	13.56	20	–	52	90.2
1933	335	59	17.53	12	–	26	86.8
1934	322	63	19.63	11	–	27	125.6
1935	348	57	16.46	6	–	34	123.2
1936	383	64	16.72	15	–	54	117.3
1937	479	72	15.11	17	–	67	113.2
1938	534	71	13.25	15	–	84	103.0
1939	586	77	13.15	20	–	88	100.2
1940	587	67	11.40	6	–	83	94.8

Year	Sales(000’s)	Gross Profit(000’s)	% GP	Net Profit(000’s)	Bank Overdraft(000’s)	Sundry Debtors(000’s)	Investments(000’s)
1941	548	73	13.25	16	–	66	76.2
1942	382	48	12.69	9	–	62	95.0
1943	437	52	11.87	12	–	62	84.5
1944	503	51	10.07	10	5	73	82.5
1945	536	61	11.29	14	–	98	83.2
1946	671	67	9.96	21	18	108	80.3
1947	751	81	10.80	28	–	122	70.6
1948	730	77	10.55	20	75	153	87.8
1949	1000	59	5.90	-2	69	125	72.0
1950	1307	87	6.67	29	–	194	69.5
1951	1656	109	6.58	44	60	192	67.0
1952	1295	92	7.08	17	18	193	68.9
1953	1475	106	7.29	38	67	215	76.8
1961	1028	136	13.27	14	184	315	121.6
1964	921	122	13.28	4	290	305	329.2
1967	740	131	17.70	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
1968	795	126	15.90	3	N/A	N/A	N/A
1969	890	134	15.10	9	N/A	N/A	N/A
1970	972	130	13.30	11	243	289	N/A
1971	1022	142	13.90	19	177	321	N/A
1972	990	134	13.50	7	144	289	N/A
1973	959	143	16.20	47	126	299	100.1
1974	1250	167	20.00	120	113	316	1.1

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