Diab Limited
Registered name: DIAB LIMITED
Part of Ratos Ab (Publ) groupDiab Limited made £6.1m revenue and £213k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Diab Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £6.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £213k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastics in primary forms” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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.
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) | £8.4m | £8m | £7.6m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £6.8m | £6.5m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £280k | £315k | £168k | £303k |
| Profit before tax | £269k | £298k | £156k | £285k |
| Profit after tax | £221k | £228k | £117k | £213k |
| Profit (best available) | £221k | £228k | £117k | £213k |
| Staff costs | £524k | £434k | £380k | £353k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 14.7% | 14.3% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £31.6k | £38k | £19.4k | £42.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼5.2% | ▼19% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▼48.9% | ▲82.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | 0% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £65.5k | £224k | £0 | £681k |
| Net assets | £660k | £638k | £604k | £817k |
| Fixed assets | £123k | £82.7k | £68.2k | £76.6k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £698k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £817k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £681k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £76.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ratos Ab (Publ) (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Diab Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £213k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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