Dorel (UK) Limited
Registered name: DOREL (UK) LIMITED
Dorel (UK) Limited made £37.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dorel (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £37.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- 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 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) | £25.7m | £30.7m | £34.8m | £37.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £20.3m | £24.7m | £26.1m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £10.5m | £10.1m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £562k | £164k | £719k |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £562k | £393k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | −£224k | £470k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | −£224k | £470k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £2.2m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 33 | 32 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.4% | −0.7% | 1.4% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 34.1% | 29% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £952k | £932k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £109k | −£6.8k | £14.7k | £41.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.6% | ▲13.2% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼107.6% | — | ▲166.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▼3% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £280k | £694k | £2m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £13.1m | £12.9m | £10.4m | £11.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £880k |
| Current assets | £17.2m | £22.2m | £20.8m | £21.6m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £6.4m | £7.9m | £7.3m |
| Deferred income | £3m | £2.6m | £5.1m | £4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £11.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼51%
- Now £880k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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