Doby Cleats Limited
Registered name: DOBY CLEATS LIMITED
Part of Gebhardt Holdings Gmbh groupDoby Cleats Limited made £10.8m revenue and £939k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Doby Cleats Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £939k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “other non-ferrous metal production” and is based in Near Stanley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Near Stanley, North East
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1969
- 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 share capital of the company is owned by Doby Verrolec Limited, a company incorporated in England. The ultimate controlling party is Bencis Buyout Fund V CV, a private equity fund operated by Benc”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £11.5m | £10.5m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £8.6m | −£7.6m | −£6.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m | £897k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £974k | £883k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £854k | £733k | £640k | £939k |
| Profit (best available) | £854k | £733k | £640k | £939k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 50 | 50 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 25.7% | 28.2% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £231k | £211k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £18.6k | £14.7k | £12.8k | £18.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.8% | ▼8.7% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▼12.7% | ▲46.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | 0% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £204k | £1.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5.6m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £3m | — | — |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £9.6m | — | — |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £2.5m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £492k | £453k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.4k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gebhardt Holdings Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Air Holdco Limited75–100%
- Doby Verrolec Limited75–100%
- Doby Cleats Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £939k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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