DFP Services Limited
Registered name: DFP SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Vadella Topco Limited groupDFP Services Limited made £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
DFP Services Limited reported £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024, up 49% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 105 employees. The company is classified under “repair of electrical equipment” and is based in Durham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £424k | £715k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £424k | £715k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 84 | 105 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £8.5k | £10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲68.7% | ▲48.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £630k | £851k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £774k | £913k | £868k |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.7m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £868k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vadella Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vadella Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Vadella Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Vadella Bidco Limited75–100%
- DFP Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fred Stoddart LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Bradley Environmental Consultants LimitedRev. £14.1m · Profit £1.1m
- Aquarius Water Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green Zone Surveys (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Project Four MM 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Roeburn Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Second Element Compliance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Safety Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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