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Company No. 02044752 · Incorporated 8 Aug 1986

Design Bridge Limited

Registered name: DESIGN BRIDGE LIMITED

Part of Wpp Plc group

Design Bridge Limited made £36.2m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Design Bridge Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £36.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 233 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
40 yrs · since 1986
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£36.2m
Growth ▲7.7%
Profit
£2.3m
Growth —
Profit margin
6.3%
Gross 33.8%
Employees
233
Change ▼11.1%
Profit / employee
£9.8k
Revenue/employee £155k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£33.6m£36.2m
Cost of sales£23.6m£24m
Gross profit£10m£12.2m
Operating profit−£5.5m£1.5m
Profit before tax−£5.7m£2.1m
Profit after tax−£5.8m£2.3m
Profit (best available)−£5.8m£2.3m
Staff costs£25.3m£23.7m
Employees (average)262233
Ratios
Profit margin−17.3%6.3%
Gross margin29.8%33.8%
Revenue per employee£128k£155k
Profit per employee−£22.2k£9.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.7%
Headcount growth—▼11.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£1.7m£4.4m
Fixed assets£7.7m£3.6m
Current assets£20.7m£36.8m
Debtors£6.7m£6.8m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
33.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£155k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
10%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
18.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲162%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼11%
Now 233
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼53%
Now £3.6m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
  3. WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
  5. WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
  6. Design Bridge Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (38)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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