De Gournay Limited
Registered name: DE GOURNAY LIMITED
De Gournay Limited made £14.8m revenue and £360k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
De Gournay Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £14.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £360k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Chichester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £17.3m | £16m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £8.9m | £8.3m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £8.5m | £7.7m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.6m | £412k | £61k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.9m | £802k | £406k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.5m | £594k | £360k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.5m | £594k | £360k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 66 | 67 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 8.6% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 47.4% | 48.7% | 48.3% | 46.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £237k | £263k | £239k | £206k |
| Profit per employee | £27.4k | £22.5k | £8.9k | £5k |
| Cash conversion | −78.7% | 213.8% | −1309% | 2484% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.8% | ▼7.8% | ▼7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼60.1% | ▼39.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▲1.5% | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £6.1m | £1m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.9m | £6.5m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £204k | £294k | £266k | £244k |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £14.4m | £15.7m | £16.9m |
| Debtors | £106k | £129k | £175k | £112k |
| Deferred income | £147k | £286k | £166k | £125k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | £3.5m | −£5.4m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £206k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 2484%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲177%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £125k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £244k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £360k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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