Dryrobe Limited
Registered name: DRYROBE LIMITED
Part of GB Holdco Limited groupDryrobe Limited made £21.7m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dryrobe Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £21.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.8m profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Braunton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braunton, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £19.9m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £9.8m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £10m | £11.1m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £3.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 35 | 47 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.9% | 11.9% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 49.2% | 50.4% | 51% |
| Revenue per employee | £594k | £567k | £461k |
| Profit per employee | £118k | £67.8k | £39.1k |
| Cash conversion | 127.7% | 218.9% | −100.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.4% | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.2% | ▼22.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲34.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £10.3m | £12.5m | £9m |
| Net assets | £14m | £12.6m | £14.2m |
| Fixed assets | £47k | £157k | £288k |
| Current assets | £15.8m | £17.5m | £17.4m |
| Debtors | £204k | £255k | £236k |
| Cash from operations | £5.2m | £6.9m | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £461k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −100.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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 £14.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £9m
- Headcount
- ▲34%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲83%
- Now £288k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GB Holdco Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Dryrobe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Mhlo Horizon Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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