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Company No. 08132590 · Incorporated 5 Jul 2012

Studio Gobo Limited

Registered name: STUDIO GOBO LIMITED

Part of Houting Topco UK Limited group

Studio Gobo Limited made £10.7m revenue and £232k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Studio Gobo Limited’s revenue fell 55% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £232k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62011Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
14 yrs · since 2012
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, who's registered office is”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£10.7m
Growth ▼55%
Profit
£232k
Growth ▼54.6%
Profit margin
2.2%
Gross 13.9%
Employees
111
Change ▼5.1%
Profit / employee
£2.1k
Revenue/employee £96.6k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£23.7m£23.9m£10.7m
Cost of sales£7.9m£10m£20.7m£9.2m
Gross profit—£4.1m£3.2m£1.5m
Operating profit—£356k−£1.5m−£2.1m
Profit before tax—£2.6m−£54.6k£343k
Profit after tax£734k£2.6m£511k£232k
Profit (best available)£734k£2.6m£511k£232k
Staff costs£6.8m£7.9m£8m£7.8m
Employees (average)125123117111
Ratios
Profit margin—10.9%2.1%2.2%
Gross margin—17.2%13.4%13.9%
Revenue per employee—£193k£204k£96.6k
Profit per employee£5.9k£21.1k£4.4k£2.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲0.5%▼55%
Profit growth—▲252.8%▼80.3%▼54.6%
Headcount growth—▼1.6%▼4.9%▼5.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£2.5m£2m£456k−£312k
Fixed assets£658k£893k£703k£407k
Debtors£1.1m£1.6m£0£656k
Deferred income£504k£0£413k£158k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£96.6k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼169%
Now −£312k
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼5%
Now 111
Deferred income
▼62%
Now £158k
Fixed assets
▼42%
Now £407k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Houting Topco UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Houting Midco Limited75–100%
  3. Houting UK Limited75–100%
  4. Keywords Studios Limited75–100%
  5. Keywords UK Holdings Limited75–100%
  6. Studio Gobo Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (19)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £232k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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