Dura Beds Ltd
Registered name: DURA BEDS LTD
Dura Beds Ltd made £13m revenue and £420k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Dura Beds Ltd’s revenue fell 10% to £13m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £420k profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of mattresses” and is based in Batley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Batley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £12.9m | £12.7m | £14.4m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £8.2m | £7.7m | £8.8m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5m | £5.6m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £302k | £120k | £142k | £398k | £582k |
| Profit before tax | £302k | £122k | £141k | £394k | £571k |
| Profit after tax | £235k | £92.2k | £99k | £287k | £420k |
| Profit (best available) | £235k | £92.2k | £99k | £287k | £420k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 171 | 146 | 140 | 140 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 2% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 36.8% | 39.3% | 39% | 42.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.3k | £75.4k | £87k | £103k | £92.6k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £539 | £678 | £2k | £3k |
| Cash conversion | −285.5% | 613.2% | −659.7% | −149.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼1.4% | ▲13% | ▼9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.8% | ▲7.4% | ▲189.8% | ▲46.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼14.6% | ▼4.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £3m | £2.7m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £872k | £761k | £823k | £778k | £796k |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £4m | £4.1m | £4.4m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£861k | £734k | −£934k | −£594k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £796k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £420k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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