Dearneside Fabrications Limited
Registered name: DEARNESIDE FABRICATIONS LIMITED
Part of Dearneside (Holdings) Limited groupDearneside Fabrications Limited made £12.8m revenue and £932k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Dearneside Fabrications Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £932k profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “The company's parent undertaking is Dearneside (Holdings) Ltd, incorporated in England, registered address Trafalgar Works, Wallace Road, Parkwood Springs, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a company under ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £932k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £932k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 26.2% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £12.5k | £10k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £737k | £765k |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £795k | £451k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £451k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £765k
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
- Dearneside (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dearneside Fabrications Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- PJG Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£100
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £932k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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