Dolphin Motorhomes Limited
Registered name: DOLPHIN MOTORHOMES LIMITED
Dolphin Motorhomes Limited made £26.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dolphin Motorhomes Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £26.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Southampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.9m | £24.3m | £26.3m |
| Cost of sales | £23.2m | £21.9m | £23.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £27.5k | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £962k | £970k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 26 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7% | 4.2% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 10% | 10.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £959k | £934k | £878k |
| Profit per employee | £66.8k | £39.5k | £43.7k |
| Cash conversion | 4098% | −199.4% | −2.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.1% | ▲27.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.7m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £11.7m | £12.1m | £13m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £8.5m | £10.9m |
| Debtors | £34.4k | £219k | £25.3k |
| Deferred income | £176k | £88.2k | £147k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | −£2.7m | −£40.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £878k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −2.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £13m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲67%
- Now £147k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.3m
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
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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