Danfoss Limited
Registered name: DANFOSS LIMITED
Danfoss Limited made £151m revenue and a £7.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Danfoss Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £151m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £7.8m and 435 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Danfoss”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £79m | £86.1m | £120m | £151m |
| Cost of sales | £60.2m | £66.5m | £87.8m | £109m |
| Gross profit | £18.8m | £19.6m | £31.8m | £41.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £4.3m | £2m | −£7.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £4.6m | £2.1m | −£8.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £4.5m | £2.9m | −£7.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £4.5m | £2.9m | −£7.8m |
| Staff costs | £10.8m | £10.7m | £18.9m | £25.4m |
| Employees (average) | 125 | 122 | 462 | 435 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 5.2% | 2.4% | −5.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 22.7% | 26.6% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £632k | £705k | £259k | £346k |
| Profit per employee | £21.7k | £36.5k | £6.3k | −£17.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% | ▲39% | ▲25.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.1% | ▼34.5% | ▼366% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲278.7% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £21.7m | £22.2m | £47m | £41.4m |
| Fixed assets | — | £1.5m | £35m | £32.2m |
| Current assets | £23.6m | £25.5m | £47.6m | £41.1m |
| Debtors | £20.1m | £20.2m | £21.3m | £20.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.4m | £5.6m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £346k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £41.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 435
- Deferred income
- ▼54%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £32.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Danfoss UK Pension Scheme Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£7.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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