Davies & Bell Ltd
Registered name: DAVIES & BELL LTD
Davies & Bell Ltd made £156k revenue and £490 profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Davies & Bell Ltd’s revenue was £156k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £490 profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Paignton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Paignton, South West
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £346k | £156k | £156k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9k | £3.7k | £490 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9k | £3.7k | £490 |
| Staff costs | £147k | £59.2k | £38.4k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 2.4% | 0.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £51.9k | £52.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.2k | £163 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼55% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲91.1% | ▼86.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £23.8k | £31.5k | £39.2k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £23.8k | £31.5k | £39.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £163
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £39.2k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £490), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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