Dowson Food Machinery Limited
Registered name: DOWSON FOOD MACHINERY LIMITED
Part of S&L Holdco Limited groupDowson Food Machinery Limited made a £34k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Dowson Food Machinery Limited reported a loss of £34k in the year to 30 Jun 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Ilkley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ilkley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £196k | −£198k | −£34k |
| Profit (best available) | £196k | −£198k | −£34k |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 42 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | −£4.7k | −£773 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼201% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £564k | £162k | £136k |
| Net assets | £960k | £762k | £728k |
| Fixed assets | £569k | £697k | £748k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £337k | £896k | £375k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£773
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £728k
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £136k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £748k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S&L Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aegeus Industries Limited75–100%
- Dowson Food Machinery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Process Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spooner Industries LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit −£34k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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