D. Stoker Group Limited
Registered name: D. STOKER GROUP LIMITED
D. Stoker Group Limited made £27.1m revenue and £28.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
D. Stoker Group Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £27.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £28.1k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Cumbria; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbria, North West
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 ultimate controlling party is Mr I L Stoker by virtue of his majority shareholding.”
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) | £27.6m | £31.4m | £28.7m | £27.1m |
| Cost of sales | £25.9m | £29.8m | £27.7m | £26.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.6m | £965k | £1m |
| Operating profit | £651k | £574k | £114k | £115k |
| Profit before tax | £615k | £454k | £16.4k | £34.2k |
| Profit after tax | £502k | £346k | £15.1k | £28.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £502k | £346k | £15.1k | £28.1k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 63 | 62 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 6% | 5% | 3.4% | 3.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £445k | £499k | £462k | £452k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £5.5k | £244 | £469 |
| Cash conversion | −103% | 0.8% | −578.3% | −246% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▼8.8% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.1% | ▼95.6% | ▲86.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼1.6% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £989k | £282k | £396k | £299k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.1m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £370k | £494k | £301k | £300k |
| Deferred income | £86.2k | £96.3k | £60.7k | £60.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£671k | £4.6k | −£658k | −£282k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £452k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £469
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −246%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £299k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £60.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £28.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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