D M & C Ash Limited
Registered name: D M & C ASH LIMITED
Part of Ash Drywall Holdings Limited groupD M & C Ash Limited made £14.3m revenue and £592k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
D M & C Ash Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £14.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £592k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “plastering” and is based in Heathfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Heathfield, South East
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.2m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £10.7m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £959k | £778k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £817k | £788k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £585k | £592k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £585k | £592k |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 35 | 37 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.5% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £358k | £357k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £15.8k | £14.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▲5.7% | ▲8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £398k | £530k | £444k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £195k | £166k | £199k | £239k |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £5m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £357k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £444k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £239k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ash Drywall Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ash Drywall Limited75–100%
- D M & C Ash 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £592k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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