DDLP Limited
Registered name: DDLP LIMITED
DDLP Limited made £9.2m revenue and £372k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
DDLP Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £9.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £372k profit and 216 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.7m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.5m | £3m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £299k | £547k |
| Profit before tax | — | £254k | £445k |
| Profit after tax | — | £54.3k | £372k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £54.3k | £372k |
| Employees (average) | 232 | 228 | 216 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.6% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | 64.2% | 66.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £42.5k | £42.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £238 | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲585.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £662k | £656k | £998k |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £31 | £31 | £31 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲52%
- Now £998k
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 216
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £2.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £372k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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