Dainton Group Services Limited
Registered name: DAINTON GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Denvern Limited groupDainton Group Services Limited made £12.4m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dainton Group Services Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.8m profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Newton Abbot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Abbot, South West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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: “Denvern Limited”
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) | £11.2m | £11.5m | £11.8m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.8m | £8.2m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £4.8m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.7% | 30.7% | 31.7% | 30.6% |
| Gross margin | 65.9% | 68.3% | 69.3% | 67.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £220k | £221k | £227k | £238k |
| Profit per employee | £65.4k | £67.8k | £71.9k | £72.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲3% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲6% | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.3k | £883k |
| Net assets | £25.4m | £26.4m | £22.7m | £20.9m |
| Fixed assets | £22.6m | £23.6m | £23.6m | £24m |
| Current assets | £10.2m | £10.5m | £6.6m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £414k | £631k | £489k | £494k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £238k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £72.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 194.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £20.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70408%
- Now £883k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £24m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Denvern Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dainton Group Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Dainton Portable Building Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dainton Portable Buildings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dainton Self Store 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 £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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