Davroc Limited
Registered name: DAVROC LIMITED
Part of Ibroc Investments Limited groupDavroc Limited made £25.6m revenue and £780k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Davroc Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £25.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £780k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Hoddesdon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hoddesdon, East of England
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.6m | £25.6m |
| Cost of sales | £22.4m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £831k | £963k |
| Profit before tax | £845k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £550k | £780k |
| Profit (best available) | £550k | £780k |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 111 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £257k | £231k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £15.5m | £15.5m |
| Fixed assets | £708k | £473k |
| Current assets | £18.6m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £526k | £303k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £231k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £15.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £303k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £473k
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
- Ibroc Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Davroc Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Bard & Blackwood LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bard & Brazier LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oak Ceramics 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit £780k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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