Deta Electrical Company Limited
Registered name: DETA ELECTRICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Newbury Investments Holdings Limited groupDeta Electrical Company Limited made £77.8m revenue and £8.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Deta Electrical Company Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £77.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.5m profit and 164 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1958
- 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) | £66.5m | £69.5m | £77.8m |
| Operating profit | £8.2m | £8.8m | £10.1m |
| Profit before tax | £8.7m | £10.2m | £11.6m |
| Profit after tax | £6.6m | £7.3m | £8.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.6m | £7.3m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 162 | 165 | 164 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | 10.5% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £411k | £421k | £474k |
| Profit per employee | £40.8k | £44.4k | £52k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲16.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼0.6% |
| 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
- 11%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £474k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 164
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newbury Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newbury Investments (UK) Limited75–100%
- Deta Electrical Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Channel Safety Systems 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 £8.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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