Dipwood Holdings Limited
Registered name: DIPWOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED
Dipwood Holdings Limited made £81.1m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dipwood Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £81.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “activities of production holding companies” and is based in Consett; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Consett, North East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.7m | £70.6m | £79m | £81.1m |
| Cost of sales | £55.9m | £67.1m | £74.2m | £75.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £3.5m | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 109 | 90 | 92 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 4.9% | 6% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £566k | £785k | £859k | £811k |
| Profit per employee | £28.2k | £14.5k | £18.2k | £23.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.4% | ▲11.9% | ▲2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.5% | ▲28.3% | ▲41.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.4% | ▲2.2% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £553k | £478k | — |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £7.7m | £5.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £5.4m | £5.6m | — |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £2.8m | £707k | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £9.4k | £8.7k | £10.7k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £811k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.7k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Ravendale Foods LimitedRev. £128m · Profit £1.5m
- Dipwood Storage & Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ravendale North West LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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