Forbes Digital Marketing Limited
Registered name: FORBES DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED
Forbes Digital Marketing Limited made £59.2m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Forbes Digital Marketing Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £59.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £67.2m | £69.2m | £59.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.7m | £4.8m | £161k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £62.4m | £64.4m | £59m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £21.7m | £13.4m | £204k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £20.3m | £12.4m | £883k |
| Profit after tax | £33.6k | −£2.9m | £16.1m | £9.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £33.6k | −£2.9m | £16.1m | £9.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £7.3m | £12.4m | £15.5m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 34 | 63 | 102 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 24% | 13.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 93% | 93% | 99.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.1m | £678k | £610k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | −£85.4k | £256k | £91.3k | £15.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 153.1% | −34.4% | 10839% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲3% | ▼14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8741% | — | ▼42.3% | ▼84.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲126.7% | ▲85.3% | ▲61.9% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £31.6m | £26m | £48.8m |
| Net assets | £66.1k | £291m | £307m | £316m | £316m |
| Fixed assets | — | £318m | £282m | £247m | £212m |
| Current assets | £931k | £52.1m | £97m | £95m | £108m |
| Debtors | £931k | £298k | £310k | £83.2k | £66.8k |
| Deferred income | £302k | £2.1m | £3.7m | £2.3m | £3.8m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £33.2m | −£4.6m | £22.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £610k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 10839%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 357.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £316m
- Cash at bank
- ▲88%
- Now £48.8m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▲67%
- Now £3.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £212m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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