Dartington Crystal Group Limited
Registered name: DARTINGTON CRYSTAL GROUP LIMITED
Dartington Crystal Group Limited made £8.5m revenue and a £789k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dartington Crystal Group Limited’s revenue was £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £789k and 112 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Torrington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Torrington, South West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£734k | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£933k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.7m | −£789k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.7m | −£789k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −55.2% | −9.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.1% | 34.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.2k | £75.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£39.9k | −£7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £145k | £201k |
| Net assets | −£1.6m | −£1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £1m | £277k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.4%
- 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 −£1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £201k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £3.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dartington Crystal Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£789k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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