Dacoll (Electrical Contracting) Limited
Registered name: DACOLL (ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING) LIMITED
Part of Dacoll Holdings Limited groupDacoll (Electrical Contracting) Limited made £468k revenue and a £175k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dacoll (Electrical Contracting) Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £468k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £175k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Livingston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Livingston
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £800k | £650k | £468k |
| Cost of sales | −£496k | −£312k | −£251k |
| Gross profit | £304k | £338k | £217k |
| Operating profit | −£92k | −£101k | −£173k |
| Profit before tax | −£94k | −£102k | −£173k |
| Profit after tax | −£94k | −£100k | −£175k |
| Profit (best available) | −£94k | −£100k | −£175k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −11.8% | −15.4% | −37.4% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 52% | 46.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £100k | £92.9k | £93.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.8k | −£14.3k | −£35k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.8% | ▼28% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −37.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£35k
- 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
- ▼29%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dacoll Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dacoll Group Limited75–100%
- Dacoll (Electrical Contracting) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Paterson and Parker LimitedRev. £222k · Profit −£115k
- Dacoll LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ndi Recognition Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ndi Technologies Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£175k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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