Dolby Europe Limited
Registered name: DOLBY EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. groupDolby Europe Limited made £20.1m revenue and a £568k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Dolby Europe Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £20.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £568k and 64 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 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: “Dolby International AB”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £19.1m | £18.7m | £20.1m |
| Gross profit | £18.9m | £19.1m | £18.7m | £20.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £916k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £914k | £1.2m | −£568k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £914k | £1.2m | −£568k |
| Staff costs | £10.3m | £10.5m | £9.2m | £10.1m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 72 | 63 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 4.8% | 6.3% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £262k | £265k | £296k | £315k |
| Profit per employee | £18.6k | £12.7k | £18.7k | −£8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▼2.3% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.9% | ▲28.8% | ▼148.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼12.5% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.8m | £8.6m | £12m | £12.7m |
| Net assets | £14m | £14.9m | £16.1m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £10.2m | £9m | £7.8m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £12.7m | £14.1m | £15.4m | £15.8m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £939k |
| Deferred income | £650k | £572k | £494k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £315k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £12.7m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £4.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Dolby Europe 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£568k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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