Danfords (Construction Equipment) Ltd
Registered name: DANFORDS (CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT) LTD
Part of Danfords Holdings Limited groupDanfords (Construction Equipment) Ltd made £14.5m revenue and £902k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Danfords (Construction Equipment) Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £14.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £902k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Leominster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leominster, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £902k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £902k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £738k | £582k |
| Profit per employee | £46.2k | £36.1k |
| Cash conversion | −45.1% | −108.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £754k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£612k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £582k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −108.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲53%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Danfords Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Danfords (Construction Equipment) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Danfords International 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 2025 (profit £902k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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