A.v.dawson Limited
Registered name: A.V.DAWSON LIMITED
A.v.dawson Limited made £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
A.v.dawson Limited reported £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025, down 30% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 177 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesbrough, North East
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 177 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | £8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Net assets | £44.2m | £45.1m |
| Fixed assets | £43.4m | £42.9m |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £14.9m |
| Debtors | £790k | £412k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £45.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £9.9m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 177
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £42.9m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- A.v. Dawson Transport LtdRev. £12.6m · Profit −£78.2k
- Avd Industrial and Port Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cobra Middlesbrough LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cockfield, Knight & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dawson (Tees Wharf) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Middlesbrough Port LtdFigures not disclosed
- Port Middlesbrough LtdFigures not disclosed
- Port of Middlesbrough LtdFigures not disclosed
- W.G. Thomas & 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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