Dartington Crystal (Torrington) Limited
Registered name: DARTINGTON CRYSTAL (TORRINGTON) LIMITED
Part of Dartington Crystal Group Limited groupDartington Crystal (Torrington) Limited made £8.5m revenue and a £787k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dartington Crystal (Torrington) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £787k and 112 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of hollow glass” and is based in Torrington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Torrington, South West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “Dartington Crystal Holdings Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £156k | −£717k |
| Profit before tax | £107k | −£787k |
| Profit after tax | £83.1k | −£787k |
| Profit (best available) | £83.1k | −£787k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1% | −9.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.1% | 34.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.3k | £75.7k |
| Profit per employee | £710 | −£7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1047% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £144k | £201k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £352k | £523k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1m | £907k |
| Deferred income | £34.4k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £201k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲49%
- Now £523k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dartington Crystal Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dartington Crystal Holdings Limited75–100%
- Dartington Crystal (Torrington) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Beswick LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dartington Crystal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dartington Glass LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£787k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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