DLG Acquisitions Limited
Registered name: DLG ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupDLG Acquisitions Limited made £894m revenue and a £7.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
DLG Acquisitions Limited’s revenue was £894m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £7.4m and 1,095 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
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.
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) | £995m | £896m | £894m |
| Cost of sales | −£729m | −£639m | −£629m |
| Gross profit | £266m | £257m | £264m |
| Operating profit | £43m | −£30.8m | £81.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£27.9m | −£114m | −£16.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£23.2m | −£107m | −£7.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£23.2m | −£107m | −£7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 1,184 | 1,211 | 1,095 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.3% | −11.9% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 28.6% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £841k | £740k | £816k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.6k | −£88.3k | −£6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10% | ▼0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £816k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.8k
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now 1,095
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DLG Acquisitions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (29)
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- All3media Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- All3media Nominee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Assembly Film & Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bentley Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Productions (Douglas) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Productions (North) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Television (Northern Ireland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DLG Financing 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DLG Financing 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Electric Talent LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lime Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lion Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Dot Studios LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manor Production Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maverick Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mersey P L LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- North One Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Objective Media Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Optomen Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Raw Media Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
- West Road Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wings Acquisition Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Banijay Media LimitedRev. £420m · Profit −£19.7m
- Banijay Kids & Family (Holding) LimitedRev. £851k · Profit −£221k
- Banijay Rights 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 −£7.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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