Dennis Butler Limited
Registered name: DENNIS BUTLER LIMITED
Dennis Butler Limited made £20.5m revenue and £269k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Dennis Butler Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £20.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £269k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.4m | £21.9m | £22.3m | £20.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £17.7m | £17.9m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.2m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £520k | £503k | £349k | £381k |
| Profit before tax | £514k | £478k | £321k | £374k |
| Profit after tax | £398k | £369k | £229k | £269k |
| Profit (best available) | £398k | £369k | £229k | £269k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 76 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 1.7% | 1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 19.2% | 19.4% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £293k | £273k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £3k | £3.6k |
| Cash conversion | −13.2% | −140.7% | −157.8% | −155.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲1.5% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.4% | ▼38.1% | ▲17.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£68.4k | −£707k | −£550k | −£592k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £273k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −155.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £269k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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