Debar Ltd
Registered name: DEBAR LTD
Debar Ltd made £11.6m revenue and £115k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Debar Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £115k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £15.4m | £12m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £9.8m | £7.7m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.6m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.5m | £300k | £123k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.5m | £366k | £154k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.3m | £274k | £115k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.3m | £274k | £115k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.5m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 126 | 107 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 8.3% | 2.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 36.4% | 35.4% | 36.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £122k | £112k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | £10.2k | £2.6k | £1.2k |
| Cash conversion | −135.6% | −110.1% | −458.9% | −707.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▼22.3% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼78.6% | ▼58.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼15.1% | ▼9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £6.4m | £6.5m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £6.1m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | −£871k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −707.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Tecumseh Investments Llc (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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