Dane Chantala Associates Limited
Registered name: DANE CHANTALA ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Thomas Dane Limited groupDane Chantala Associates Limited made £20.6m revenue and £441k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dane Chantala Associates Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £20.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £441k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.8m | £12.8m | £17.7m | £20.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.9m | £9.8m | £11.9m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £3m | £5.8m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £649k | £2.1m | £579k |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £650k | £2.1m | £581k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £484k | £1.5m | £441k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £484k | £1.5m | £441k |
| Staff costs | £906k | £661k | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 20 | 23 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.4% | 3.8% | 8.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 23.5% | 32.7% | 25.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £937k | £640k | £769k | £794k |
| Profit per employee | £107k | £24.2k | £64.8k | £17k |
| Cash conversion | −78.3% | 46.6% | −46% | −271.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼70.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2m | £1m | £2m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £7.1m | £7.6m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £192k | £212k | £331k | £274k |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £11.2m | £9.6m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £3m | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | £302k | −£961k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £794k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −271.6%
- 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
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲100%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £274k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Thomas Dane Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Dane Chantala Associates 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 Mar 2025 (profit £441k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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