Dockside Limited
Registered name: DOCKSIDE LIMITED
Dockside Limited made £16.8m revenue and £43.8k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
Dockside Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £16.8m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £43.8k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £13.2m | £18.3m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £11.7m | £16.3m | £15.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £194k | £262k | £337k | £212k |
| Profit before tax | £102k | £122k | £168k | £66.7k |
| Profit after tax | £85.7k | £99.7k | £110k | £43.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £85.7k | £99.7k | £110k | £43.8k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 39 | 45 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £397k | £339k | £406k | £391k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £2.6k | £2.5k | £1k |
| Cash conversion | −96.5% | −310.3% | −69.2% | −282.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▲38.2% | ▼7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲10.8% | ▼60.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲15.4% | ▼4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £53.2k | £200k | £36.9k | £235k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £885k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £6.5m | £6.6m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £81.2k | £225k | £77.3k | £108k |
| Cash from operations | −£188k | −£812k | −£233k | −£599k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £391k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −282.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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 £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲537%
- Now £235k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £108k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.1m
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 28 Feb 2026 (profit £43.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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