Dent Steel Holdings Limited
Registered name: DENT STEEL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of GCH Corporation Limited groupDent Steel Holdings Limited made £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Dent Steel Holdings Limited reported £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 1640% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Bradford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £19.8m | £17.6m | £23m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £171k | £201k | £153k | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £171k | £201k | £153k | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▼23.9% | ▲1640% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £153 | £2m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | — | £11.6m | £17.8m | £11.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.6m | £9.6m | £9.5m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £9.6k | £6.4k | £4.4k | £5k |
| Cash from operations | −£580k | −£4.2m | −£901k | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £11.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £9.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GCH Corporation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dent Steel Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Dent Steel Services (Yorkshire) LimitedRev. £30.9m · Profit £2.1m
- Dent Steel (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (14)
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- Stackright North West LimitedRev. £300k · Profit £157k
- Adm Pressings (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crompton Lamps LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GCH Systems & Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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