Dorset Press Limited(The)
Registered name: DORSET PRESS LIMITED(THE)
Dorset Press Limited(The) made £7.1m revenue and £52.1k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Dorset Press Limited(The)’s revenue fell 3% to £7.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £52.1k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Dorchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorchester, South West
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £7.3m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £415k | −£397k | −£183k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£520k | −£62.7k |
| Profit after tax | £308k | −£52.8k | £52.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £308k | −£52.8k | £52.1k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 82 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | −0.7% | 0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £102k | £89.3k | £89.1k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | −£644 | £651 |
| Cash conversion | 78.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼117.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.7% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.2m | £346k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £999k | £987k |
| Cash from operations | £325k | £507k | £482k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £651
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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 £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £346k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Henry Ling LimitedRev. £7.1m · Profit −£113k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £52.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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