Dbi Bidco Limited
Registered name: DBI BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Volpi Capital LLP groupDbi Bidco Limited made £1.4m revenue and £69.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dbi Bidco Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £69.2k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Clyst ST Mary; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clyst ST Mary
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£430k | £542k | £69.2k |
| Profit before tax | −£430k | £542k | £69.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£430k | £542k | £69.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£430k | £542k | £69.2k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −29.7% | 30.5% | 4.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £145k | £197k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | −£43k | £60.2k | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.5% | ▼20.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼87.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volpi Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Foxy Elephant Limited75–100%
- Dbi Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lightfoot Innovations LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £69.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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