P V Dobson Limited
Registered name: P V DOBSON LIMITED
Part of Blue Labrador Limited groupP V Dobson Limited made £56.1m revenue and £998k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026. read from filing text
P V Dobson Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £56.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with £998k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Kendal; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal, North West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2021
- 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. From the filing: “Blue Labrador Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £73.4m | £53.6m | £53.1m | £56.1m |
| Cost of sales | £66.2m | £50.5m | £49.9m | £52.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £5.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £967k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £721k | £802k | £998k |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £721k | £802k | £998k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 74 | 77 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 9.9% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £724k | £689k | £692k |
| Profit per employee | £55k | £9.7k | £10.4k | £12.3k |
| Cash conversion | −57.3% | −116.7% | −43.6% | −288.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲11.3% | ▲24.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4% | ▲5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £835k | £220k | £3m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.5m | £7m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £480k | £475k | £634k | £673k |
| Current assets | £17.4m | £19.2m | £14.7m | £20.3m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £3.2m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.9m | −£1.4m | −£531k | −£4.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £692k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −288.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1246%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £2.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £673k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blue Labrador Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- P V Dobson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2026 (profit £998k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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