Dambuster Studios Ltd.
Registered name: DAMBUSTER STUDIOS LTD.
Dambuster Studios Ltd. made £15.8m revenue and £263k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Dambuster Studios Ltd.’s revenue grew 1% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £263k profit and 197 employees. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £15.2m | £11.7m | £15.7m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £310k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £11.4m | £14m | £14.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£296k | £528k | £703k | £371k |
| Profit after tax | £168k | £528k | £1.2m | £263k |
| Profit (best available) | £168k | £528k | £1.2m | £263k |
| Staff costs | — | £7.8m | £9.8m | £10.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | 179 | 186 | 197 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 4.5% | 7.5% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 97.4% | 89% | 91.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £65.6k | £84.3k | £80.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3k | £6.3k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.9% | ▲33.6% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲213.9% | ▲122% | ▼77.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲3.9% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £29k | £13.5k | £33.4k | £15.2k |
| Net assets | £435k | £963k | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £402k | £474k | £357k | £704k |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £4.5m | £6.3m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £4.5m | £6.3m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £4.5k | £0 | £80k | £118k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £15.2k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 197
- Deferred income
- ▲47%
- Now £118k
- Fixed assets
- ▲97%
- Now £704k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £263k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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