Blackmagic Design (Technology) Limited
Registered name: BLACKMAGIC DESIGN (TECHNOLOGY) LIMITED
Blackmagic Design (Technology) Limited made £2.1m revenue and £317k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Blackmagic Design (Technology) Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £2.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £317k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bournemouth, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £591k | £696k | £674k | £595k |
| Operating profit | £182k | £197k | £183k | £429k |
| Profit before tax | £173k | £191k | £179k | £431k |
| Profit after tax | £244k | £344k | £369k | £317k |
| Profit (best available) | £244k | £344k | £369k | £317k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 25 | 27 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 14.8% |
| Gross margin | 26% | 25.5% | 26.2% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £109k | £95.1k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | £12.2k | £13.7k | £13.7k | £15.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▼5.9% | ▼16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41% | ▲7.2% | ▼14% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲8% | ▼22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £101k | £35.4k | £723k | £322k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £971k | £1.3m | £857k | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.1k
- 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
- 73.7%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £322k
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £317k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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