Danfast Limited
Registered name: DANFAST LIMITED
Danfast Limited made £9.3m revenue and £262k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Danfast Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £9.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £262k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £9.6m | £9.7m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £7.4m | £7.4m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £473k | £314k | £294k | £305k |
| Profit before tax | £470k | £315k | £302k | £318k |
| Profit after tax | £387k | £263k | £219k | £262k |
| Profit (best available) | £387k | £263k | £219k | £262k |
| Staff costs | £894k | £885k | £898k | £923k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 22.5% | 23.5% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £361k | £356k | £360k | £343k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £9.7k | £8.1k | £9.7k |
| Cash conversion | 1.8% | 1.2% | 130.2% | 165.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% | ▲1.1% | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32% | ▼16.6% | ▲19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.6% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £493k | £213k | £592k | £985k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £51.1k | £123k | £105k | £85.5k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.1m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £8.4k | £3.8k | £382k | £505k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £343k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 165.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲66%
- Now £985k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £85.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £262k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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