Dual Seal Glass Ltd.
Registered name: DUAL SEAL GLASS LTD.
Part of Ac Capital Holding Xv Gmbh groupDual Seal Glass Ltd. made £16.3m revenue and a £503k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Dual Seal Glass Ltd.’s revenue was £16.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £503k and 141 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of flat glass” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 May 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £10.8m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £6.9m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £3.9m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £420k | −£19.8k | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £404k | −£29.6k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £327k | −£56.2k | −£503k |
| Profit (best available) | £327k | −£56.2k | −£503k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £3m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 140 | 138 | 141 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | −0.5% | −3.1% |
| Gross margin | 37.6% | 35.8% | 34.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £78k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£407 | −£3.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £758k | £529k | £35.5k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.5m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £914k | £935k | £614k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £282k | £243k | £425k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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 £6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £35.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £425k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £614k
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
- Ac Capital Holding Xv Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Dual Seal Glass Holdings Limited75–100%
- Dual Seal Glass Ltd.this 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£503k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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