D.C. Handrails and Ironwork Parts Limited
Registered name: D.C. HANDRAILS AND IRONWORK PARTS LIMITED
Part of Bufab Ab groupD.C. Handrails and Ironwork Parts Limited made £13.2m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
D.C. Handrails and Ironwork Parts Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £13.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.2m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Swalwell; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swalwell, North East
- 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.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.8m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.1m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 30 | 32 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 17.9% | 16.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37.6% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £342k | £356k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £61.2k | £58.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −75.8% | −90.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲20.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲10.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.7% | ▲15.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.9m | £4.7m | £6.2m |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £9.4m | £11.2m | £13.2m |
| Fixed assets | £693k | £709k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £9.9m | £11.5m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £348k | £342k | £380k | £453k |
| Deferred income | £5k | £8.1k | £11.1k | £19.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.9m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £356k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −90.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £13.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▲72%
- Now £19.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Bufab Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bufab UK Holdings Ltd75–100%
- D.C. Handrails and Ironwork Parts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- T I Midwood & Co LimitedRev. £70.2m · Profit £6.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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