Lonsdale Fabrications Ltd
Registered name: LONSDALE FABRICATIONS LTD
Part of Dartan Hall Holdings Ltd groupLonsdale Fabrications Ltd made £1.4m revenue and a £12.8k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Lonsdale Fabrications Ltd’s revenue grew 20% to £1.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £12.8k and 11 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Armagh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £40.6k | £50.3k | £26k |
| Operating profit | £16.7k | £12.3k | −£17.1k |
| Profit before tax | £16.7k | £12.3k | −£17.1k |
| Profit after tax | £13.1k | £9.2k | −£12.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £13.1k | £9.2k | −£12.8k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 13 | 11 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.8% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 2.9% | 4.2% | 1.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £176k | £92.7k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £710 | −£1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.5% | ▲19.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.6% | ▼238.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲62.5% | ▼15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dartan Hall Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Lonsdale Fabrications Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Belmont Farms LimitedRev. £8.3m · Profit −£2.9m
- Greencircle Renewables LtdRev. £4.1m · Profit £230k
- Woodlark Farms LtdRev. £819k · Profit −£35.5k
- Birchwood Renewables LimitedRev. £766k · Profit −£123k
- Green Generation (UK) LimitedRev. £647k · Profit −£830k
- Crockway Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JMW Farms LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£12.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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