Dragonfly Venture Group Ltd
Registered name: DRAGONFLY VENTURE GROUP LTD
Dragonfly Venture Group Ltd made £32.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Dragonfly Venture Group Ltd reported £32.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, up 792% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of footwear” and is based in Newcastle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle, North East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £14m | £24.7m | £3.6m | £32.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £14m | £24.7m | £3.6m | £32.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲76.6% | ▼85.4% | ▲792.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £88.5m | £102m | £90.5m | £118m |
| Net assets | £65.4m | £90.1m | £93.7m | £126m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £5.4m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £99.8m | £121m | £106m | £147m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £64.7k | £70.6k | £84.7k | £128k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £126m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £118m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £128k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £6.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- W.i.p (Work in Progress) LimitedRev. £48.9m · Profit £10.5m
- Dragonfly Venture (Trading) LimitedRev. £25.7m · Profit £1.2m
- W.i.p. (Workwear) LimitedRev. £19.7m · Profit £4.9m
- Dragonfly Venture (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Golden Dragon Footwear LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Radlett Holdings Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £32.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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