Don Valley Engineering Group Limited
Registered name: DON VALLEY ENGINEERING GROUP LIMITED
Don Valley Engineering Group Limited made £20.8m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Don Valley Engineering Group Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £20.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.9m profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in South Yorkshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £24.4m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £20.6m | £15m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 85 | 89 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 7.6% | 9% |
| Gross margin | — | 15.6% | 27.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £288k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | £15.1k | £21.8k | £21.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲51.3% | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £190k | — |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.1m | — |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £1.6m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £234k | £75.6k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Don Valley Engineering Company LimitedRev. £19.2m · Profit £1.3m
- Alti Access LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cleeve Materials Handling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Don Valley Engineering Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Don Valley Engineering Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Don Valley Materials Handling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GBK Powertech LtdFigures not disclosed
- Torver Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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