Porter Dodson LLP
Registered name: PORTER DODSON LLP
Porter Dodson LLP made £18m revenue and £9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Porter Dodson LLP’s revenue grew 15% to £18m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £9m profit and 187 employees. The company is based in Yeovil; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yeovil, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £7m |
| Profit after tax | £7.2m | £9m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 187 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 46% | 50% |
| Gross margin | 51.9% | 53.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.6k | £96.1k |
| Profit per employee | £42.1k | £48k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲25.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 50%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £48k
- 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
- 8.3%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 187
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Porter Dodson Secretarial Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Porter Dodson Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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