David Salisbury Joinery Limited
Registered name: DAVID SALISBURY JOINERY LIMITED
Part of David Salisbury Group Holdings Limited groupDavid Salisbury Joinery Limited made £12.6m revenue and £186k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
David Salisbury Joinery Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £186k profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in Highbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Highbridge, South West
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.7m | £14.4m | £12.5m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £10.4m | £8.3m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £35.4k | £89.6k | £283k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £58.9k | £60.7k | £275k |
| Profit after tax | £889k | £178k | £166k | £186k |
| Profit (best available) | £889k | £178k | £166k | £186k |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £4.7m | £4.3m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 117 | 103 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 28.1% | 33.4% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £123k | £121k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £1.5k | £1.6k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▼13.1% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80% | ▼6.7% | ▲12.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼12% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £877k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £6.2k | £9k | £1.8k | £49k |
| Deferred income | £523k | £138k | £145k | £190k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲101%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £190k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £1.5m
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
- David Salisbury Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- David Salisbury Joinery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- David Salisbury Kitchens LtdFigures 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 2025 (profit £186k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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