Dane & Crawford Ltd
Registered name: DANE & CRAWFORD LTD
Dane & Crawford Ltd made £7.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Dane & Crawford Ltd’s revenue grew 56% to £7.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £1.1m profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, East of England
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7m | £4.6m | £7.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £2.9m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £699k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £699k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £589k | £959k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £589k | £959k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 21.5% | 21% | 15.1% |
| Gross margin | 40.6% | 36.1% | 31% |
| Revenue per employee | £342k | £380k | £285k |
| Profit per employee | £73.6k | £80k | £43k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲66.5% | ▲56.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63% | ▲12.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲108.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £235k | £353k | £199k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £555k | £829k | £975k |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £456k | £737k | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £285k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £199k
- Headcount
- ▲108%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £975k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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