D J Utilities Limited
Registered name: D J UTILITIES LIMITED
D J Utilities Limited made £15m revenue and £925k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
D J Utilities Limited’s revenue was £15m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £925k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.4m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £925k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £925k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 | 27 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.4% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £555k | £429k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £46.6k | £26.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −134.9% | −179.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼26.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲35% | ▲29.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.3m | £4.3m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £346k | £744k | £888k | £476k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.3m | −£2.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £429k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −179.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £925k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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