Doff Portland Limited
Registered name: DOFF PORTLAND LIMITED
Part of Hamsard 3468 Limited groupDoff Portland Limited made £27.4m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Doff Portland Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £27.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.3m profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is DP Bidco Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered address of DP Bidco Limited is the same as the Company. The ultimate parent company and ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £21.9m | £20.2m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £15.4m | £14.6m | £18.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £6.5m | £5.6m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.4m | £421k | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.3m | £370k | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2m | £289k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2m | £289k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 86 | 88 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11% | 9.4% | 1.4% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | 29.6% | 27.8% | 33.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £249k | £254k | £229k | £386k |
| Profit per employee | £27.3k | £23.8k | £3.3k | £32.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼7.7% | ▲35.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼85.9% | ▲691.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲2.3% | ▼19.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.4k | £12.2k | £92.4k | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £10.1m | £10.4m | £12.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £13.1m | £13.6m | £11.4m | £16m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.2m | £938k | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £386k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £12.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3569%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hamsard 3468 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hamsard 3450 Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3449 Limited75–100%
- Pelsis Holding (UK) Limited75–100%
- Overna Limited75–100%
- DP Bidco Limited75–100%
- Doff Portland Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Doff Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lorbex LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- DP Brandco LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£23.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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