Dowlis Inspired Branding Limited
Registered name: DOWLIS INSPIRED BRANDING LIMITED
Part of Dowlis Group Global Solutions Limited groupDowlis Inspired Branding Limited made £16.6m revenue and £99.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dowlis Inspired Branding Limited’s revenue was £16.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £99.7k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Woking; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woking, South East
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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: “Stridage Holdings Limited”
Key figures
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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £11.7m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £8.2m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.5m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £390k |
| Profit before tax | £357k | £1.1m | £99.7k |
| Profit after tax | £310k | £902k | £99.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £310k | £902k | £99.7k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 40 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 7.7% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 30.1% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £243k | £292k | £394k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £22.5k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲191.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £312k | £140k | £183k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £55.4k | £36.6k | £15.8k |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £9.4m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £394k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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 £5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £183k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £15.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dowlis Group Global Solutions Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Inspired Branding Group Limited75–100%
- Stridage Holdings Limited75–100%
- Dowlis Inspired Branding Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Bentley Collection 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £99.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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