Digital River UK Limited
Registered name: DIGITAL RIVER UK LIMITED
Part of Digital River UK Holdings I Ltd groupDigital River UK Limited made £4.5m revenue and £155k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Digital River UK Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £155k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Dec 2020 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £728k | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £186k | £230k | £191k |
| Profit before tax | £186k | £230k | £191k |
| Profit after tax | £152k | £164k | £155k |
| Profit (best available) | £152k | £164k | £155k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 26 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 4.6% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 79.5% | 47% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £137k | £172k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £6.3k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.2% | ▲26.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▼5.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £594k | £548k | £2m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £21.2k | £9.5k | £1.7k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £7.5m | £20.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £761k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £172k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲258%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼82%
- Now £1.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Digital River UK Holdings I Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Digital River UK Holdings II Ltd75–100%
- Digital River UK 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £155k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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