Designbit Limited
Registered name: DESIGNBIT LIMITED
Designbit Limited made £1.1m revenue and £68.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Designbit Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £68.1k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £800k | £842k | £905k | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £575k | £626k | £657k | £737k |
| Gross profit | £224k | £217k | £248k | £317k |
| Operating profit | £82.5k | £62.1k | £24.3k | £98k |
| Profit before tax | £81.1k | £60.7k | £41.5k | £97k |
| Profit after tax | £66k | £57.8k | £23.7k | £68.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £66k | £57.8k | £23.7k | £68.1k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 28% | 25.7% | 27.4% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.7k | £70.2k | £69.6k | £81k |
| Profit per employee | £6k | £4.8k | £1.8k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲7.4% | ▲16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼59.1% | ▲187.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲8.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.9k | £77.5k | £84.8k | £364k |
| Net assets | £831k | £886k | £900k | £938k |
| Fixed assets | £58.3k | £69.2k | £87.2k | £95.9k |
| Current assets | £902k | £932k | £926k | £995k |
| Debtors | £125k | £148k | £183k | £223k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £938k
- Cash at bank
- ▲329%
- Now £364k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £95.9k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £68.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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