D & R Group PLC
Registered name: D & R GROUP PLC
D & R Group PLC made £4.4m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
D & R Group PLC’s revenue fell 12% to £4.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 81 employees. The company is classified under “scaffold erection” and is based in Redhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redhill, South East
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6m | £6.7m | £5m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £670k | £1.3m | £158k | £187k |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£515k | −£1.7m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£486k | −£1.6m | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£923k | −£509k | −£1.4m | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£923k | −£509k | −£1.4m | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 100 | 96 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −15.4% | −7.6% | −27.4% | −32.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 19.5% | 3.1% | 4.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.2k | £67.3k | £52.4k | £54.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.8k | −£5.1k | −£14.3k | −£17.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▼25.3% | ▼11.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼4% | ▼15.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £146k |
| Net assets | £10.2m | £9.7m | £8.3m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8m | £7.3m | £6.8m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.7m | £2.4m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £796k | £999k |
| Deferred income | £212k | £202k | £172k | £220k |
| Cash from operations | £305k | −£60.9k | £821k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −32.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 185.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £146k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £220k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £8.2m
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 May 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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