Swift Dental Laboratory Limited
Registered name: SWIFT DENTAL LABORATORY LIMITED
Swift Dental Laboratory Limited made £18.6m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Swift Dental Laboratory Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.7m profit and 231 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Bolton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.2m | £17.1m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £8.9m | −£7.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.2m | £10.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.5m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £855k | £1.1m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.2m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £8.1m | £8.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 303 | 287 | 231 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 7% | 14.7% |
| Gross margin | 46% | 48% | 57.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.4k | £59.7k | £80.5k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £4.1k | £11.8k |
| Cash conversion | 101% | 210.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.3% | ▲129% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▼19.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £21.7k | £6k | — |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £8.4m | — |
| Current assets | £5m | £3.6m | — |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.1m | — |
| Deferred income | £176k | £217k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £3.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 231
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (15)
- "A" Ceramics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alphadent LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bolton Dental Laboratory LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Express Delivery Services (Nationwide) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M Gill LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portland Ceramics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PTC (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R.C. Hayes Crown and Bridge Dental Laboratories LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rossford Dental Laboratory LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Dental Laboratory Midlands LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Dental Laboratory South East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tooth Laboratory 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tooth Laboratory 3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tooth Laboratory 6 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Watersedge Ceramics LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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