Devol Kitchens Limited
Registered name: DEVOL KITCHENS LIMITED
Part of Devol Holdings Limited groupDevol Kitchens Limited made £37m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Devol Kitchens Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £37m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £4.4m profit and 377 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of kitchen furniture” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.6m | £35.5m | £37m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £20.4m | £22.5m |
| Gross profit | £13.4m | £15.1m | £14.6m |
| Operating profit | £6.1m | £5.9m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £6m | £6m | £4.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £4.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £4.8m | £4.4m |
| Staff costs | £9.6m | £11.6m | £13.1m |
| Employees (average) | 288 | 329 | 377 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.9% | 13.5% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.7% | 42.6% | 39.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £108k | £98.3k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £14.6k | £11.6k |
| Cash conversion | 110.5% | 93.3% | 94.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▲4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▲14.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £10.1m | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £13.8m | £17.5m | £22.7m |
| Fixed assets | £11.1m | £17.4m | £21.7m |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £11.4m | £12m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £367k | £580k |
| Deferred income | £298k | £266k | £209k |
| Cash from operations | £6.7m | £5.5m | £4.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 94.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 58.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £22.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 377
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £209k
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £21.7m
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
- Devol Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Devol Kitchens Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Devol Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Floors of Stone LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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