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Company No. 04020568 · Incorporated 23 Jun 2000

Tay-Dal Surfacing Limited

Registered name: TAY-DAL SURFACING LIMITED

Tay-Dal Surfacing Limited made £12.4m revenue and £799k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text

Tay-Dal Surfacing Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £12.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £799k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 42110Construction of roads and motorways
Status
Active
Location
Ipswich, East of England
Age
26 yrs · since 2000
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

IndependentCash flow filed
Revenue
£12.4m
Growth ▼8.7%
Profit
£799k
Growth ▲7.9%
Profit margin
6.5%
Gross 19.7%
Employees
45
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£17.8k
Revenue/employee £275k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.9m£13.7m£13.5m£12.4m
Cost of sales£10.2m£11.1m£10.9m£9.9m
Gross profit£2.7m£2.7m£2.6m£2.4m
Operating profit£1.4m£888k£994k£1m
Profit before tax£1.4m£888k£989k£1m
Profit after tax£1.1m£681k£740k£799k
Profit (best available)£1.1m£681k£740k£799k
Staff costs£1.9m£2.1m£2.1m£2.3m
Employees (average)40414545
Ratios
Profit margin8.6%5%5.5%6.5%
Gross margin21%19.4%19.5%19.7%
Revenue per employee£323k£335k£301k£275k
Profit per employee£27.7k£16.6k£16.4k£17.8k
Cash conversion−96.7%−194.7%−140.9%−95.7%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.3%▼1.3%▼8.7%
Profit growth—▼38.5%▲8.7%▲7.9%
Headcount growth—▲2.5%▲9.8%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.3m£3.1m£2.8m£2.3m
Net assets£4.4m£4.4m£4.4m£4.5m
Fixed assets£1.3m£1.1m£1.7m£1.6m
Current assets£5.3m£6.3m£5.7m£5.1m
Debtors£2.7m£2.9m£2.4m£2.5m
Deferred income£4.9k£63.3k£63.8k£104k
Cash from operations−£1.3m−£1.7m−£1.4m−£959k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
19.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£275k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£17.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−95.7%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
12.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲2%
Now £4.5m
Cash at bank
▼19%
Now £2.3m
Headcount
0%
Now 45
Deferred income
▲62%
Now £104k
Fixed assets
▼5%
Now £1.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £799k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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