David James Enterprises Limited
Registered name: DAVID JAMES ENTERPRISES LIMITED
David James Enterprises Limited made £14.5m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
David James Enterprises Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.6m profit and 220 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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 A D Airey and Mrs S Airey.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.9m | £12.8m | £13.4m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £5m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.8m | £8.1m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.2m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 217 | 207 | 213 | 220 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18% | 13.8% | 9.5% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 61.1% | 60.7% | 60.6% | 61.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £55k | £62k | £62.7k | £66.1k |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £8.6k | £5.9k | £7.4k |
| Cash conversion | −132.5% | −79% | −156% | −225.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲4.1% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▼28.7% | ▲29% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▲2.9% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £6.9m | £8.5m | £10.1m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £10m | £11.1m | £10.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £9m | £10.2m | £11.1m |
| Debtors | £39.4k | £964k | £886k | £241k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £99.6k | £127k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.5m | −£1.8m | −£2.4m | −£4.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −225.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £10.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £10.1m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 220
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £127k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £2.6m
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
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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