Imagesound Limited
Registered name: IMAGESOUND LIMITED
Part of Livingbridge 7 Global LP groupImagesound Limited made £34.6m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Imagesound Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £34.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.6m profit and 237 employees. The company is classified under “reproduction of sound recording” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.6m | £30m | £34.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.5m | −£12.2m | −£14.4m |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £17.8m | £20.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.3m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £2.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £2.1m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £2.1m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 184 | 222 | 237 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 7.1% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | 57.3% | 59.3% | 58.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £135k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £9.6k | £15.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲95% | ▲69.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.6% | ▲6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.2k
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now 237
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Livingbridge 7 Global LPultimate parent50–75%
- Footco 37 Limited75–100%
- Footco 38 Limited75–100%
- Footco 39 Limited75–100%
- Footco 40 Limited75–100%
- Ims Topco Limited75–100%
- Ims Midco Limited75–100%
- Ims Bidco Limited75–100%
- Concentia Capital Limited75–100%
- Imagesound Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Musicstyling.com LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- TSG Media LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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