Davines (UK) Limited
Registered name: DAVINES (UK) LIMITED
Davines (UK) Limited made £12.7m revenue and £514k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Davines (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £514k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company is Davines S.p.A, a company registered in Parma, Italy.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £10.3m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.1m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £484k | £449k | £689k |
| Profit before tax | £485k | £453k | £689k |
| Profit after tax | £266k | £330k | £514k |
| Profit (best available) | £266k | £330k | £514k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | 4 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 40% | 47.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.6m | £245k |
| Profit per employee | — | £82.6k | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▲55.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲1200% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £893k | £899k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £618k | £702k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £245k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲85%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲1200%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £702k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £1.4m
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 Dec 2024 (profit £514k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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