Davidson Brothers (Shotts) Limited
Registered name: DAVIDSON BROTHERS (SHOTTS) LIMITED
Davidson Brothers (Shotts) Limited made £56.7m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Davidson Brothers (Shotts) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £56.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.9m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.4m | £53.1m | £54.7m | £56.7m |
| Cost of sales | £32m | £40.3m | £39m | £40.2m |
| Gross profit | £12.4m | £12.8m | £15.7m | £16.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2m | £4.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2m | £4.4m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.1m | £4.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.1m | £4.1m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 62 | 65 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 4% | 7.5% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 24.2% | 28.7% | 29.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £663k | £857k | £842k | £822k |
| Profit per employee | £25.6k | £34.3k | £63.2k | £41.7k |
| Cash conversion | −117.9% | −155.7% | −129.5% | −131.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.6% | ▲3% | ▲3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲93% | ▼29.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▲4.8% | ▲6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £3.7m | £6.1m | £7.1m |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £10.6m | £13m | £14.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.4m | £5.8m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £8.3m | £11.2m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £856k | £721k | £904k | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£3.1m | −£5.4m | −£3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £822k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £14.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £7.1m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £5.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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