Davines (UK) Limited
Registered name: DAVINES (UK) LIMITED
Davines (UK) Limited made £13.9m revenue and £220k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Davines (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £220k profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 parent company is Davines S.p.A, a company registered in Parma, Italy.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £10.3m | £12.7m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £6.2m | £6.7m | −£7.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.1m | £6m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £484k | £449k | £689k | £297k |
| Profit before tax | £485k | £453k | £689k | £298k |
| Profit after tax | £266k | £330k | £514k | £220k |
| Profit (best available) | £266k | £330k | £514k | £220k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.3m | £4.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 4 | 52 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.2% | 4% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 40% | 47.3% | 47.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.6m | £245k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £82.6k | £9.9k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲23.7% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▲55.5% | ▼57.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲1200% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £893k | £899k | £1.7m | — |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m | — |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.5m | £5.7m | — |
| Debtors | £2m | £2m | £2.2m | — |
| Deferred income | — | £618k | £702k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
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- Deferred income
- —
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £220k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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