D&ad Trading Limited
Registered name: D&AD TRADING LIMITED
D&ad Trading Limited made £308k revenue and £219k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
D&ad Trading Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £308k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £219k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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 immediate parent and ultimate controlling party is D&AD, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales. D&AD prepares consolidated financial statements and copies can be obtai”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £441k | £592k | £314k | £308k |
| Cost of sales | £148k | £230k | £92.3k | £85.9k |
| Gross profit | £293k | £362k | £222k | £222k |
| Profit before tax | £288k | £353k | £219k | £219k |
| Profit after tax | £288k | £353k | £219k | £219k |
| Profit (best available) | £288k | £353k | £219k | £219k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 65.4% | 59.6% | 69.6% | 71% |
| Gross margin | 66.4% | 61.1% | 70.6% | 72.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.3% | ▼46.9% | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.5% | ▼38% | ▲0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.8k | £10.7k | £10.7k | £10k |
| Net assets | £293k | £358k | £224k | £224k |
| Current assets | £442k | £460k | £268k | £257k |
| Debtors | £432k | £450k | £0 | £38.3k |
| Deferred income | £2.7k | £3k | £3.1k | £3.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 71%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £224k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £10k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £3.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £219k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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