Dyson Technical Ceramics Limited
Registered name: DYSON TECHNICAL CERAMICS LIMITED
Part of Spyridon Limited groupDyson Technical Ceramics Limited made £8.6m revenue and a £302k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Dyson Technical Ceramics Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £302k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of refractory products” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “The immediate parent company of Dyson Technical Ceramics Limited is Spyridon Limited, a company incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. Spyridon Limited prepares consolidate”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.1m | £10.3m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.1m | £7.9m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £2.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.6m | £989k | −£302k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.6m | £989k | −£302k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.6m | £989k | −£302k |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 54 | 56 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 16.1% | 9.6% | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.1% | 23.7% | 15.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £186k | £184k | £154k |
| Profit per employee | — | £29.9k | £17.7k | −£5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.5% | ▼16.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼38.8% | ▼130.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▲3.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £572k |
| Net assets | £6m | £7.6m | £8.1m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £7.4m | £8.5m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £1m | £700k | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £294k | £214k | £114k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £154k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27%
- 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 £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £572k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £114k
- Fixed assets
- ▲51%
- Now £3.2m
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
- Spyridon Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dyson Technical Ceramics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£302k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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