Raymond Gubbay Limited
Registered name: RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
Part of Sony Group Corporation groupRaymond Gubbay Limited made £28.3m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Raymond Gubbay Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £28.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.5m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “performing arts” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.9m | £26.5m | £30.6m | £28.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18.7m | £18.9m | £17.6m | £18.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £7.6m | £13m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £3.2m | £8.4m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | −£3.3m | £7.7m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | −£3.8m | £5.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | −£3.8m | £5.7m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 31 | 33 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.1% | −14.2% | 18.6% | 12.2% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 28.8% | 42.5% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £995k | £855k | £927k | £885k |
| Profit per employee | £150k | −£122k | £172k | £108k |
| Cash conversion | 22.1% | −117.4% | 92.8% | 82.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲15.5% | ▼7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼192.9% | — | ▼39.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.8% | ▲6.5% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.8m | £2.2m | £10.1m | £13.8m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £6.9m | £12.6m | £16m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £16.9m | £10.9m | £17.9m | £20.3m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £4m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | −£3.8m | £7.8m | £3.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £885k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 82.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £16m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £13.8m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £3.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Sony Group Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited75–100%
- Raymond Gubbay Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Backyard Cinema LtdFigures not disclosed
- Culture Creative LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manchester Chamber Orchestra LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Raymond Gubbay Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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