D3T Ltd
Registered name: D3T LTD
Part of Houting Topco UK Limited groupD3T Ltd made £20.7m revenue and a £105k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
D3T Ltd’s revenue fell 32% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £105k and 205 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 undertaking is Keywords UK Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales. Its registered office address is 4th Floor, 110 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6JS.”
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.7m | £30.3m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £9.1m | £22.2m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.7m | £8.1m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £2.2m | −£210k |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.9m | £2.3m | −£137k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £3.5m | £2.4m | −£105k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £3.5m | £2.4m | −£105k |
| Staff costs | — | £8.2m | £11.6m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 144 | 164 | 214 | 205 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 19.6% | 8% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 38% | 26.8% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £108k | £142k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £16.1k | £21.2k | £11.4k | −£512 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲71% | ▼31.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.6% | ▼30.2% | ▼104.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲30.5% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £4.9m | £4.6m | £7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £409k | £46.1k | £534k | £144k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £17.5k | £0 | £177k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£512
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▼73%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 205
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £177k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Houting Topco UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Houting Midco Limited75–100%
- Houting UK Limited75–100%
- Keywords Studios Limited75–100%
- Keywords UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- D3T Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- D3T Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (19)
- Electric Square LimitedRev. £30.2m · Profit −£563k
- Climax Studios LimitedRev. £30.1m · Profit £5.3m
- The Multiplayer Group LtdRev. £20m · Profit −£3.4m
- Wushu Studios LtdRev. £17.6m · Profit £3.4m
- Studio Gobo LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit £232k
- Keywords UK LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £1m
- Bright White LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cord Worldwide LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Fire Without Smoke LtdFigures not disclosed
- Freeanimal UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Indigo Pearl LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keywords Australia Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keywords Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laced Music LtdFigures not disclosed
- Laced Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maverick Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Player Research LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Trailerfarm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waste Creative LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 −£105k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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