Decco Limited
Registered name: DECCO LIMITED
Part of Newbury Investments Holdings Limited groupDecco Limited made £108m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Decco Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £108m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 248 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 80 yrs · since 1946
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £111m | £110m | £108m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £4.4m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 266 | 259 | 248 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 3% | 2.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £419k | £425k | £434k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £12.6k | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼25.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £434k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 248
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newbury Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newbury Investments (UK) Limited75–100%
- Decco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Decco Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- K Supplies Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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