Dorchester Living Limited
Registered name: DORCHESTER LIVING LIMITED
Dorchester Living Limited made £11.4m revenue and £226k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dorchester Living Limited’s revenue grew 111% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £226k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.4m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.5m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £874k | £862k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £333k | £301k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £333k | £301k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £250k | £226k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £250k | £226k |
| Employees (average) | — | 38 | 35 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.6% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 16.1% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £155k | £336k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.1k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲110.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼9.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼7.9% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £438 | £123k | £1.7k |
| Net assets | £3 | £234k | £483k | £709k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | — | £11.5m | £10.2m | £22.6m |
| Debtors | £8.4m | £11.2m | £264k | £231k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £336k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- 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
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £709k
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £1.7k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £226k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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