Duncan Propellers Holdings Limited
Registered name: DUNCAN PROPELLERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Duncan Propellers Holdings Limited made £16.3m revenue and £771k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Duncan Propellers Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £16.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £771k profit and 143 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Newton Abbot; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Abbot, South West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £467k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £388k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £388k | £771k |
| Profit (best available) | £388k | £771k |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 143 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 36.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £95k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲99% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 143
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £771k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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