Gray & Adams (Doncaster) Limited
Registered name: GRAY & ADAMS (DONCASTER) LIMITED
Part of Gray & Adams Holdings Limited groupGray & Adams (Doncaster) Limited made £33.7m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 2 May 2025. read from filing text
Gray & Adams (Doncaster) Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £33.7m in the year to 2 May 2025, with £3.7m profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers” and is based in Fraserburgh; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fraserburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Gray & Adams Limited. Its registered office is South Road, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, AB43 9HU.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 28 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2023 | 26 Apr 2024 | 2 May 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £23.5m | £23.5m | £30.1m | £33.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £20m | £20m | £24.8m | £27.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £5.3m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4m | £4m | £4.3m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 93 | 93 | 97 | 101 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 10.5% | 11% |
| Gross margin | 15.8% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 17.5% | 17.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £253k | £253k | £310k | £334k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £19.6k | £19.6k | £32.6k | £36.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.5% | — | ▲28% | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲75.1% | — | ▲73% | ▲17% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | — | ▲4.3% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £652k | £2m | £2m | £2.9m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £8.4m | £8.4m | £9.3m | £11.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Current assets | £9.8m | — | £13m | £11.7m | £19.2m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.1m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £791k | £705k | £705k | £778k | £793k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £334k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £11.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £793k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gray & Adams Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gray & Adams Group Limited75–100%
- Gray & Adams Limited50–75%
- Gray & Adams (Doncaster) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Gray & Adams (Dunfermline) LimitedRev. £47.4m · Profit £3.8m
- Gray & Adams (Ireland) LimitedRev. £23.9m · Profit £1.9m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 2 May 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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