Dacerell Limited
Registered name: DACERELL LIMITED
Part of Norfolk Homes Holdings Limited groupDacerell Limited made £2.4m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Dacerell Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.2m profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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&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) | £4.5m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £141k | £14.2k | £15.6k | £14.6k |
| Profit before tax | £141k | £1m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £115k | £1m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £115k | £1m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 56.9% | 179.4% | 131.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £901k | £356k | £295k | £402k |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £202k | £529k | £528k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼60.5% | ▼0.5% | ▲36.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲778.8% | ▲213.5% | ▼0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £625k | £639k | £649k |
| Fixed assets | £997k | £996k | £994k | £992k |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.6m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £760k | £21.9k | £28.4k | £37.9k |
| Deferred income | £5k | £5k | £4.5k | £4.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 131.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £402k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £528k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £649k
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £4.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £992k
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
- Norfolk Homes Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dacerell Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Norfolk Homes LimitedRev. £53.6m · Profit £6.6m
- Sheridan Clark (Civil Engineering) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Suffolk Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Norfolk Land (Aylsham) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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