Dorbiere Limited
Registered name: DORBIERE LIMITED
Part of Licensed Wholesale Company Limited groupDorbiere Limited made £16.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Dorbiere Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £16.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.5m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “Licensed Wholesale Company Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £14m | £15m | £15.3m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £10.5m | £10.9m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 61 | 65 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 14.8% | 14.9% | 15.3% |
| Gross margin | 70.2% | 70% | 71.3% | 71.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £205k | £247k | £236k | £209k |
| Profit per employee | £35.5k | £36.6k | £35.2k | £32k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲1.8% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.4% | ▲2.3% | ▲10.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▲6.6% | ▲21.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.6m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £18.9m | £21.2m | £23.5m | £26m |
| Fixed assets | £8.2m | £8.4m | £8.7m | £9.1m |
| Current assets | £13.7m | £15.3m | £17.4m | £22.9m |
| Debtors | £64.2k | £156k | £76.6k | £310k |
| Deferred income | £514k | £432k | £450k | £70.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 71.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £209k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £26m
- Cash at bank
- ▲247%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▼84%
- Now £70.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £9.1m
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
- Licensed Wholesale Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Robinrate Limited75–100%
- Dorbiere Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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