Derek Parnaby Cyclones International Limited
Registered name: DEREK PARNABY CYCLONES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Derek Parnaby Cyclones International Limited made £6.3m revenue and £169k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Derek Parnaby Cyclones International Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £6.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £169k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in NR. Ferryhill; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR. Ferryhill, North East
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £6.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.3m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £297k | −£206k |
| Profit before tax | £678k | £117k |
| Profit after tax | £501k | £169k |
| Profit (best available) | £501k | £169k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £176k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | 121.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼31.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £11m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £12m |
| Debtors | £547k | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £641k | £720k |
| Cash from operations | £362k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £720k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2.1m
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 Sep 2025 (profit £169k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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