Dna (1959) Limited
Registered name: DNA (1959) LIMITED
Dna (1959) Limited made £39.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dna (1959) Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £39.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 344 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.2m | £35.8m | £39.6m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £16.1m | £18m |
| Gross profit | £19m | £19.6m | £21.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £996k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £907k | £626k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £687k | £465k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £687k | £465k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 298 | 302 | 344 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 55.4% | 54.9% | 54.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £119k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £1.5k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.3% | ▲174.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 344
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ascott Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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