DPC Contracts (London) Limited
Registered name: DPC CONTRACTS (LONDON) LIMITED
Part of A & R Holdings (London) Limited groupDPC Contracts (London) Limited made £10.2m revenue and £531k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
DPC Contracts (London) Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £531k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Baldock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Baldock, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is A & R Holdings (London) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. A & R Holdings (London) Limited is both the largest and smallest group into whi”
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.6m | £7m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.3m | £6.8m | −£7.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £309k | £254k | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£107k | £121k | £518k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£133k | £112k | £509k |
| Profit after tax | −£21.3k | −£108k | £112k | £531k |
| Profit (best available) | −£21.3k | −£108k | £112k | £531k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 27 | 27 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −6.6% | 1.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 18.8% | 3.6% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £61k | £260k | £682k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | −£4k | £4.1k | £35.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲325.9% | ▲45.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲374% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲35% | 0% | ▼44.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £262k | £117k | £511k | — |
| Net assets | £584k | £476k | £388k | — |
| Fixed assets | £23.7k | £11.2k | £5.3k | — |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £1.7m | £2.1m | — |
| Debtors | £201k | £15.5k | £412k | — |
| Deferred income | £62.4k | £26.6k | £119k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £682k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼44%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- A & R Holdings (London) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DPC Contracts (London) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- DPC Mechanical LimitedRev. £22.3m · Profit £563k
- DPC Electrical Contracts LtdRev. — · Profit −£274k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £531k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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