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DARWIN & GOLIATH LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2021 in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, CRO 708918.
It files accounts faster than 71% of similar companies.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
26 Nov 2021
4 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 26 May 2027
Last accounts filed
202 days
after year end · sector median 246

Details

CRO number708918
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered officeCastle Street, Mullingar, ,WESTMEATH
TownMullingar · other companies there
CountyWestmeath
ActivityPublishing (NACE 5829.0) · Information and communication
Last annual return26 May 2026

Timeline

  1. 26 May 2027Next annual return due
  2. 21 Jul 2025Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2024)
  3. 22 Jul 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2023)
  4. 17 Jul 2023Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2022)
  5. 26 Nov 2021Incorporated

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

01002003002022: 19819820222023: 20420420232024: 2022022024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Dec 202421 Jul 2025202
31 Dec 202322 Jul 2024204
31 Dec 202217 Jul 2023198

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 1,509 active companies in publishing.

Filing discipline score
90 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 71% of peers · 100% of filings on time · activity median 81
Typical filing delay
202 days
median of 3 filings · latest 2 days faster · activity 253
Financial year end
December
60.3% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 201 days
due 26 May 2027
Age: 4.9 years
66th pct
Filing speed: 202 days
71th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How publishing is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish services confidence
+24.8
51st percentile since 2005 · EU +6.0 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-9.1
27th percentile since 2005 · +6.2 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
14,600
+18.7% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€2,042
-0.6% on a year · 2026 Q1
Services output volume
+19.6%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Information and communication
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
1,910
10.2% new in 2024 · 9.6 people each on average
Sector firms still trading after 5 years
43.4%
firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sector enterprises in Co. Westmeath
225
1.1% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€15.8m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
7.7
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€125k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
21.0%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€553k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Westmeath
€1,353
this sector · county all sectors €721 · 2024
Value added per worker, Midlands region
€63k
this sector group · all sectors €90k · 2024

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Source: Companies Registration Office open data (CC BY 4.0). Permits and contracts are linked by exact company-name match. Data as of 6 Nov 2026. Directors and shareholders are not shown on plaindata.ie. Official CRO record.