Dacs Ltd
Registered name: DACS LTD
Dacs Ltd made £9.8m revenue and £907k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Dacs Ltd’s revenue fell 22% to £9.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £907k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1971
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.5m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.4m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £556k | −£325k |
| Profit before tax | — | £558k | −£335k |
| Profit after tax | — | £558k | £907k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £558k | £907k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 52 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.5% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.9% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £241k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.7k | £17.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 48% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼22% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲62.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £907k | £580k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.1m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £231k | £235k | £231k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £4.9m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £544k | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £560k | £416k |
| Cash from operations | — | £267k | −£106k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.1%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £580k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £416k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £231k
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 30 Jun 2024 (profit £907k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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