Dragonfly Development Limited
Registered name: DRAGONFLY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Part of Bolsover District Council groupDragonfly Development Limited made £9.2m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dragonfly Development Limited’s revenue was £9.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.4m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.4m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £853k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £809k | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £809k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £809k | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £615k | £686k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 110 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.8% | 20.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 13.5% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1m | £921k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £80.9k | £190k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 23.7% | −286.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2650% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.5k | £99.7k | £0 | £1.6m |
| Net assets | −£528k | −£1m | −£209k | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £919 | £1 | £100 | £100 |
| Current assets | £168k | £3m | £6.4m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | −£2 | £0 | £5m | £173k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £202k | −£6.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £921k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £190k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −286.4%
- 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
- 1.9%
- 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 £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £100
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bolsover District Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Dragonfly Development Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dragonfly Management (Bolsover) LimitedRev. £18.2m · Profit −£325k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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