Thomas Dane Limited
Registered name: THOMAS DANE LIMITED
Thomas Dane Limited made £24m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Thomas Dane Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £24m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)” and is based in Dunstable; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunstable, East of England
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £22.7m | £14.3m | £22.9m | £24m |
| Cost of sales | £16.7m | £11.3m | £16m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £3m | £6.9m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £241k | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £192k | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £24.7k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £24.7k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 0.2% | 5.9% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 21% | 30.1% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £987k | £716k | £995k | £958k |
| Profit per employee | £102k | £1.2k | £58.7k | £71k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲31.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £632k | £645k | £215k | £192k |
| Net assets | £11m | £10.8m | £11.5m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £6.6m | £6.4m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.9m | £6.9m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £761k | £5.3k | £2m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £958k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £71k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- 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 £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £192k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.3m
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)
- Dane Chantala Associates LimitedRev. £20.6m · Profit £441k
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 £1.8m), 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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