Doyle Clayton Solicitors Limited
Registered name: DOYLE CLAYTON SOLICITORS LIMITED
Part of Doyle Clayton Solicitors Limited groupDoyle Clayton Solicitors Limited made £15.5m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Doyle Clayton Solicitors Limited’s revenue was £15.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.6m profit and 95 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.3m | £14.3m | £15.4m | £15.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £3m | £2.7m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £3m | £2.7m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £8.9m | £10.2m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 85 | 91 | 95 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.1% | 16% | 13.1% | 10.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £166k | £168k | £170k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £30.1k | £26.9k | £22.2k | £17.3k |
| Cash conversion | −83.7% | −127.4% | −38.1% | −79.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲8.3% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼11.8% | ▼18.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▲7.1% | ▲4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.6m | £532k | £584k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £274k | £228k | £191k | £172k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.1m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £899k | £1m | £930k | £736k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£3.8m | −£1m | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −79.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.6%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £584k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 95
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £736k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £172k
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
- Doyle Clayton Solicitors Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Doyle Clayton Eot Limited50–75%
- Doyle Clayton Solicitors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Doyle Clayton Eot LimitedRev. — · Profit −£68k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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