The Event Business Limited
Registered name: THE EVENT BUSINESS LIMITED
Part of DMG Partnership Limited groupThe Event Business Limited made £22.6m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Event Business Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £22.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “The Ultimate controlling party at the date of approval of the accounts was DMG Partnership Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £20.8m | £22.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £16.7m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.2m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 21 | 27 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.7% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 20% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £772k | £707k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £44.2k | £56k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲50.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲28.6% | ▲18.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £119k | £257k | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £8.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £707k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56k
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- DMG Partnership Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Event Business Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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