Edwardes Bros.(Dulwich)limited
Registered name: EDWARDES BROS.(DULWICH)LIMITED
Edwardes Bros.(Dulwich)limited made £12.8m revenue and £35.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Edwardes Bros.(Dulwich)limited’s revenue fell 11% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £35.8k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Dartford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dartford, South East
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £14.3m | £14.4m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £11.2m | £11.3m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £619k | £522k | £327k | £8.8k |
| Profit before tax | £615k | £529k | £364k | £48.1k |
| Profit after tax | £502k | £419k | £271k | £35.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £502k | £419k | £271k | £35.8k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 41 | 45 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 2.9% | 1.9% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 21.8% | 21.4% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £326k | £350k | £320k | £313k |
| Profit per employee | £12.9k | £10.2k | £6k | £874 |
| Cash conversion | 53.9% | 103.8% | 94.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲0.4% | ▼10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▼35.3% | ▼86.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲9.8% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | — |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.6m | £3.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £204k | £278k | £401k | — |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6m | — |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m | — |
| Deferred income | £66.3k | £101k | £67.2k | — |
| Cash from operations | £334k | £542k | £308k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £313k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £874
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £35.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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