D.K. Holdings Limited
Registered name: D.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED
D.K. Holdings Limited made £5.3m revenue and a £8.2k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
D.K. Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £5.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £8.2k and 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tools” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £155k | £66.2k | −£70.4k |
| Profit before tax | £187k | £183k | £8.3k |
| Profit after tax | £168k | £126k | −£8.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £168k | £126k | −£8.2k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 79 | 77 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 2.3% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 40.3% | 40% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.2k | £69.9k | £68.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £1.6k | −£107 |
| Cash conversion | 51.1% | 318% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.8% | ▼106.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £4m | £773k |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £7.7m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £6m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £898k | £975k |
| Deferred income | £246k | £220k | £205k |
| Cash from operations | £79.2k | £210k | −£92.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£107
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 56.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▼41%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £773k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £205k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Diaforce LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diagrit Electrometallics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kendia (Diamond Products) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ni - Form LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rushden Grinding Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£8.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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