Daneways Limited
Registered name: DANEWAYS LIMITED
Daneways Limited made £14.2m revenue and £70.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Daneways Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £70.6k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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. From the filing: “The company is controlled by Mr D T Hiscox, by virtue of his holding of 100% of the share capital of the company.”
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&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) | £16.6m | £17m | £16m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £12.7m | £13.6m | £12.2m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £149k | £262k | −£39.1k | −£44.3k |
| Profit before tax | £100k | £400k | £89k | £96k |
| Profit after tax | £160k | £346k | −£49.7k | £70.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £160k | £346k | −£49.7k | £70.6k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 2% | −0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 20.1% | 23.8% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £13.3k | £28.8k | −£3.3k | £5k |
| Cash conversion | −420.2% | −364.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼6% | ▼11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲116% | ▼114.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲25% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.6m | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.1m | £5.6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £94k | £94k | £94k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£624k | −£957k | £1.7m | £893k |
| 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
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £4.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £70.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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