Nason Davis Limited
Registered name: NASON DAVIS LIMITED
Part of James & Balch Holdings Limited groupNason Davis Limited made £45.3m revenue and £321k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Nason Davis Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £45.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £321k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.9m | £43.9m | £43.1m | £45.3m |
| Cost of sales | £45.9m | £40.9m | £40.3m | £42.7m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £903k | £678k | £629k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £739k | £524k | £446k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £574k | £380k | £321k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £574k | £380k | £321k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 6.9% | 6.5% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.6m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £94.3k | £27.4k | £17.3k | £16.9k |
| Cash conversion | 74.3% | 126.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12% | ▼1.8% | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.9% | ▼33.8% | ▼15.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲4.8% | ▼13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £815k | £864k | £904k | £933k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £468k | £480k | £422k | £364k |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £11.4m | £10.6m | £14.1m |
| Debtors | £9m | £8.8m | £7.7m | £9.3m |
| Deferred income | £561k | £495k | £434k | £393k |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £933k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £393k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £364k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- James & Balch Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nason Davis Holdings Limited75–100%
- Nason Davis 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 Aug 2025 (profit £321k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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