Dennis & Robinson Limited
Registered name: DENNIS & ROBINSON LIMITED
Part of Ballingslov International Ab groupDennis & Robinson Limited made £24.9m revenue and a £3.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Dennis & Robinson Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £24.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.5m and 172 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of kitchen furniture” and is based in Lancing; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancing, South East
- Age
- 77 yrs · since 1948
- 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 company's immediate parent company is Southdown Kitchen Furniture Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.4m | £24.6m | £29.5m | £24.9m |
| Cost of sales | £23.9m | £19.1m | £21.8m | £19.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £5.5m | £7.8m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£3.8m | −£4.1m | −£745k | −£4.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.1m | −£5.2m | −£2.1m | −£5.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.4m | −£4m | −£1.5m | −£3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.4m | −£4m | −£1.5m | −£3.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.8m | £8.9m | £8.2m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 219 | 225 | 183 | 172 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −10.8% | −16.3% | −5% | −14.1% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 22.3% | 26.3% | 20.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £109k | £161k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.4k | −£17.8k | −£8k | −£20.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▲20.2% | ▼15.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼18.7% | ▼6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £2.5m | −£1.7m | £5.4m | £997k |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £8m | £7.4m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £15.9m | £15.5m | £18.6m | £16m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.4m | £4.6m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £704k | £543k | £272k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- ▼82%
- Now £997k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 172
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £272k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £7.7m
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
- Ballingslov International Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Southdown Kitchen Furniture Limited75–100%
- Dennis & Robinson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit −£3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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