The Dundee Decorating Company Ltd
Registered name: THE DUNDEE DECORATING COMPANY LTD
The Dundee Decorating Company Ltd made £109k revenue and £41k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
The Dundee Decorating Company Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £109k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £41k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “painting” and is based in Dundee; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dundee, Scotland
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.5k | £99k | £109k |
| Profit after tax | £31.4k | £23.8k | £41k |
| Profit (best available) | £31.4k | £23.8k | £41k |
| Staff costs | £28k | £34.2k | £53.7k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 37.2% | 24.1% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £33k | £27.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.9k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.1% | ▲72.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £66.8k | £81.8k | £143k |
| Fixed assets | £2.3k | £6.8k | £13.5k |
| Current assets | £64.6k | £75k | £130k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £27.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲75%
- Now £143k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲100%
- Now £13.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £41k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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