D & G Noble Limited
Registered name: D & G NOBLE LIMITED
Part of D & G Noble Holdings Limited groupD & G Noble Limited made £11.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
D & G Noble Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.7m profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Bedford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £9.3m | £9.7m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £6.5m | £6.8m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 60 | 62 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.6% | 17.1% | 18.1% | 15.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 30.1% | 30.6% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £155k | £157k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £19.1k | £26.5k | £28.5k | £26k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▲5.1% | ▲13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.3% | ▲11.1% | ▼4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▲3.3% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.9m | £6.8m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £6.2m | £7m |
| Current assets | — | £3.7m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 63.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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 £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- D & G Noble Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- D & G Noble Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cedarland 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 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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