Dept Design & Technology Ltd
Registered name: DEPT DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY LTD
Part of Digital Agency Subholding B.V. groupDept Design & Technology Ltd made £16.9m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dept Design & Technology Ltd’s revenue grew 20% to £16.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 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) | £12.3m | £13m | £14.1m | £16.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £7.5m | £8.5m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £6.5m | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 110 | 87 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.1% | 19.2% | 14.1% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 42.6% | 42.5% | 39.7% | 31.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £118k | £162k | £225k |
| Profit per employee | £20.2k | £22.6k | £22.7k | £18.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲8.4% | ▲20% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1% | ▼20.5% | ▼28.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼20.9% | ▼13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £681k | £1.1m | £2.6m | £433k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £3.9m | £3.9m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £164k | £132k | £109k | £83.3k |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £469k | £246k | £411k | £442k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £225k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £433k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £442k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £83.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Digital Agency Subholding B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Heisenberg UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Dept UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Dept Design & Technology Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Dept Marketing Technology LimitedRev. — · Profit £136k
- Dept Personalised Content Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.9k
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 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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