Holme Dodsworth Metals Limited
Registered name: HOLME DODSWORTH METALS LIMITED
Holme Dodsworth Metals Limited made £41.1m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
Holme Dodsworth Metals Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £41.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £2.4m profit and 155 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North East
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.3m | £41.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£37.2m | −£34.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 155 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.2% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £319k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | £21.7k | £15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 155
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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