Draxco Ltd
Registered name: DRAXCO LTD
Draxco Ltd made £720k revenue and £131k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Draxco Ltd’s revenue grew 35% to £720k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £131k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £491k | £535k | £720k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £359k | £424k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £176k | £295k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £101k | £186k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £86.7k | £173k |
| Profit after tax | — | £63.5k | £67.6k | £131k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £63.5k | £67.6k | £131k |
| Staff costs | — | £305k | £338k | — |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.9% | 12.6% | 18.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 32.9% | 41% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £23.4k | £25.5k | £36k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3k | £3.2k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.9% | ▲34.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲6.4% | ▲94.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | 0% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £130k | £240k |
| Net assets | £354k | £396k | £464k | £586k |
| Fixed assets | £675k | £678k | £679k | £682k |
| Current assets | £103k | £135k | £142k | £251k |
| Debtors | — | — | £11.4k | £11.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 94.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £586k
- Cash at bank
- ▲84%
- Now £240k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £682k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £131k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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