D.C. Thomson & Company Limited
Registered name: D.C. THOMSON & COMPANY LIMITED
Part of D.C. Thomson & Company Holdings Limited groupD.C. Thomson & Company Limited made £184m revenue and £30.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £184m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £30.3m profit. The company is classified under “publishing of newspapers” and is based in Dundee; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dundee
- Age
- 121 yrs · since 1905
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £161m | £154m | £184m |
| Cost of sales | −£60.6m | −£52.3m | £62.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£161m | £93.8m | £31m |
| Profit after tax | −£120m | £73m | £30.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£120m | £73m | £30.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,603 | 1,314 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −74.3% | 47.4% | 16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £117k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£74.8k | £55.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.7% | ▲19.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼58.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- D.C. Thomson & Company Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- D.C. Thomson & Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (24)
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- Beano Studios LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- D.C. Thomson (Energy) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- D.C. Thomson Enterprise Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- D.C. Thomson Investco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dandy Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DC Thomson Magazine Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DCT Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Meadowside Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Tayview LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £30.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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