DK Universe Ltd
Registered name: DK UNIVERSE LTD
DK Universe Ltd made £32.8m revenue and £640k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
DK Universe Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £32.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £640k profit and 173 employees. The company is classified under “activities of investment trusts” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.6m | £30.2m | £31.1m | £32.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £10.8m | £13.3m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £15.6m | £19.4m | £17.8m | £20m |
| Operating profit | £8.1m | £7.8m | −£1m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £8.1m | £7.8m | −£1.3m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £6m | −£1.7m | £640k |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £6m | −£1.7m | £640k |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 112 | 182 | 173 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 28.1% | 19.7% | −5.4% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 69.2% | 64.1% | 57.3% | 60.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £270k | £171k | £190k |
| Profit per employee | £69k | £53.1k | −£9.2k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.8% | ▲2.9% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▼128% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▲62.5% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £3.5m | £6.8k | £73.3k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £12m | £9.6m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £14.3m | £17m | £15.9m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £6.1m | £2.4m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £269k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £190k
- 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
- 48.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲985%
- Now £73.3k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 173
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £15.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Daisy's Nail Company LtdRev. £25.8m · Profit £5.7m
- Ajp 2021 LtdFigures not disclosed
- DK Beauty Labs LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dkollection LtdFigures not disclosed
- Peacci LtdFigures not disclosed
- TGB Academy LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £640k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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