Dent Steel Services (Yorkshire) Limited
Registered name: DENT STEEL SERVICES (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
Part of GCH Corporation Limited groupDent Steel Services (Yorkshire) Limited made £30.9m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Dent Steel Services (Yorkshire) Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £30.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in Bradford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1976
- 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 ultimate controlling party is G F Hutchings.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £26.9m | £24.9m | £30.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £19.8m | £17.6m | £23m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £7.1m | £7.3m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 56 | 59 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 26.4% | 29.2% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £352k | £481k | £422k | £490k |
| Profit per employee | £36.6k | £37.3k | £32.9k | £33.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.5% | ▼7.6% | ▲24.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2% | ▼7% | ▲9.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.4% | ▲6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £10.7m | £12.6m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £588k | £625k | £699k | £716k |
| Current assets | £15.1m | £18.3m | £19.2m | £18.5m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3.5m | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £490k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £716k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GCH Corporation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dent Steel Holdings Limited75–100%
- Dent Steel Services (Yorkshire) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Dent Steel (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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