D Sales (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: D SALES (U.K.) LIMITED
D Sales (U.K.) Limited made £13.5m revenue and £660k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
D Sales (U.K.) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £13.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £660k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other office machinery and equipment” and is based in Sowerby Bridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.4m | £13.2m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.6m | £9.7m | £10m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.5m | £1.1m | £958k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.1m | £773k | £660k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.1m | £773k | £660k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.2% | 5.9% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.9% | 25.9% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1m | £823k | £793k |
| Profit per employee | — | £73.5k | £48.3k | £38.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −54.4% | −99.5% | −172.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.6% | ▲2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼29.9% | ▼14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲6.7% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £584k | £241k | £11.1k | £90.9k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.5m | £3.5m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £127k | £80.1k | £96.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£840k | −£1.2m | −£1.8m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £793k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −172.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲719%
- Now £90.9k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £96.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- 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 Aug 2025 (profit £660k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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