Decorative Panels Components Limited
Registered name: DECORATIVE PANELS COMPONENTS LIMITED
Part of Decorative Panels Holdings Limited groupDecorative Panels Components Limited made £40m revenue and £423k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Decorative Panels Components Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £40m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £423k profit and 196 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials” and is based in Elland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Elland, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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: “At 31 March 2025, the immediate parent undertaking is Decorative Panels Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company is Decorative Panels Holdings Limited”
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) | £40.2m | £41.9m | £43m | £40m |
| Cost of sales | £34.1m | £35.3m | £37m | £33.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.6m | £6m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £533k | £539k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £521k | £540k |
| Profit after tax | £897k | £945k | £46.6k | £423k |
| Profit (best available) | £897k | £945k | £46.6k | £423k |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Employees (average) | 195 | 191 | 197 | 196 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 15.8% | 14% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £206k | £219k | £218k | £204k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £4.9k | £236 | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲2.6% | ▼7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼95.1% | ▲808.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▲3.1% | ▼0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £513k | £443k | £295k | £285k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £6.7m | £6.1m | £6m |
| Current assets | £14.9m | £13.2m | £12.5m | £15m |
| Debtors | £10.6m | £10.7m | £9.9m | £11.4m |
| Deferred income | £405k | £562k | £512k | £586k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £204k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £285k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 196
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £586k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6m
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
- Decorative Panels Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Decorative Panels Components Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Decorative Panels Furniture LimitedRev. £42.1m · Profit £369k
- Decorative Panels Lamination LimitedRev. £36.6m · Profit £758k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Broxap LimitedNewcastle Under Lyme · Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
- Revenue
- £39.9m
- Profit
- £2.9m
- Staff
- 262
- T.W. Engineering Company LimitedIlkeston · Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
- Revenue
- £35.6m
- Profit
- £2.4m
- Staff
- 50
- Oakwood Cooperage LtdKeith · Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
- Revenue
- £23.9m
- Profit
- £2m
- Staff
- 168
- Interior Products Group LimitedWelshpool · Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
- Revenue
- £21.4m
- Profit
- £257k
- Staff
- 125
- Lambson Innovate LimitedCastleford · Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
- Revenue
- £20.8m
- Profit
- £931k
- Staff
- 58
- H.g.timber LimitedGateshead · Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
- Revenue
- £20.7m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £423k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.