D.K. Forecourts Limited
Registered name: D.K. FORECOURTS LIMITED
Part of DK & S Holdings Ltd groupD.K. Forecourts Limited made £29.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
D.K. Forecourts Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £29.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.4m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Cwmbran; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cwmbran, Wales
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £29.1m | £30m | £30.3m | £29.1m |
| Cost of sales | £26.1m | £26.3m | £26.2m | £25.1m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £2m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 68 | 61 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 12.5% | 13.6% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £462k | £442k | £496k | £470k |
| Profit per employee | £19k | £23.1k | £23.7k | £23.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲0.8% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲31.1% | ▼8% | ▲0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼10.3% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £3.7m | £4.5m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £4.5m | £5.8m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £4.7m | £5.3m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £167k | £108k | £73.1k | £33.1k |
| Deferred income | £207k | £170k | £160k | £161k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £470k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £161k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £3.5m
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
- DK & S Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- D.K. Forecourts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Llewellyns Garage (Blackwood) LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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