Davison Canners Limited
Registered name: DAVISON CANNERS LIMITED
Davison Canners Limited made £18.6m revenue and £631k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Davison Canners Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £18.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £631k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “growing of pome fruits and stone fruits” and is based in Craigavon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £21.3m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £16.7m | £15m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.6m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.2m | £821k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2.1m | £631k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2.1m | £631k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 131 | 111 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 9.8% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 21.8% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £160k | £163k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £14.6k | £15.9k | £5.7k |
| Cash conversion | −116.1% | −184.7% | −131.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4% | ▼12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▼69.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £880k | £907k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £10.8m | £12.6m | £13m |
| Fixed assets | £14.7m | £16.4m | £18.6m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £3.8m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £131k | £496k | £758k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.9m | −£4.6m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 99.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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 £13m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- ▲53%
- Now £758k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £18.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Simply Puddings LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £631k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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