The Imagination Group Limited
Registered name: THE IMAGINATION GROUP LIMITED
The Imagination Group Limited made £145m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
The Imagination Group Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £145m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2m profit and 348 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £190m | £165m | £145m |
| Cost of sales | −£125m | −£104m | −£90.4m |
| Gross profit | £65.5m | £60.4m | £54.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.4m | −£604k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £827k | £490k | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.5m | £551k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.5m | £551k | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 425 | 392 | 348 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.4% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 36.7% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £447k | £420k | £415k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.6k | £1.4k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.5% | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲261.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £415k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 348
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- Imagination Academy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Campus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Emea LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Gallery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Makers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagination Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Virgile and Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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