DOLBY EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£13M
+5.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£15M
-3.7% vs 2024
Employees
64
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+56.1% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,878,399 | £19,103,702 | £17,779,602 | £20,134,440 | +13.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,762,891 | £1,066,217 | £504,135 | £916,095 | +81.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,607,019 | £1,319,873 | £704,945 | £1,100,301 | +56.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,342,727 | £914,313 | £470,618 | -£567,615 | -220.6% | |
| Cash | £6,804,706 | £8,611,307 | £11,993,707 | £12,656,674 | +5.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,866,565 | £17,453,962 | £17,890,447 | £14,969,001 | -16.3% | |
| Net assets | £14,013,060 | £14,927,371 | £15,397,990 | £14,830,375 | -3.7% | |
| Equity | £14,013,058 | £14,927,371 | £15,397,990 | £14,830,375 | -3.7% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 72 | 63 | 64 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £6,968,037 | £7,331,477 | £6,330,392 | £7,090,631 | +12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 4.8% | 2.6% | -2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | 6.1% | 2.8% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 31.1% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.85x | 3.25x | 2.87x | |
| Interest cover | 11.31x | — | 11.09x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DOLBY EUROPE LIMITED 2011-09-15 → present
- DOLBY EUROPE LICENSING LIMITED 2007-09-28 → 2011-09-15
- DOLBY LABORATORIES (UK) LIMITED 2006-12-21 → 2007-09-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The company decided during FY25 to terminate its lease. The company will exit the current property in March 2026 and move to a new office premises.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Company exercised the break clause in respect of its existing office lease and vacated the premises in March 2025. The Company has since entered into a lease agreement for new office premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, Grace Luna | Director | 2018-12-31 | Jun 1964 | American |
| RODRIGUEZ, Daniel Jose | Director | 2021-06-03 | Oct 1971 | American |
| WAY, Susan Patricia | Director | 2023-03-14 | Jan 1968 | Irish |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Mark Stephen | Secretary | 2006-12-21 | 2011-01-14 |
| SANKIN, Alan | Secretary | 2011-01-25 | 2018-12-31 |
| BROOKES, Gillian Lesley | Director | 2016-11-07 | 2020-09-01 |
| COHEN, Eric | Director | 2009-05-23 | 2015-06-30 |
| JAFFE, Martin Abraham | Director | 2006-12-21 | 2009-03-04 |
| LAFRADES, Charles | Director | 2006-12-21 | 2011-07-08 |
| NOTTAGE, Jonathan Bruce | Director | 2006-12-21 | 2011-01-25 |
| SANKIN, Alan | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| SHERMAN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2021-06-03 |
| SPECHTLER, Andreas | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2016-09-30 |
| VLASVELD, Willebrordus Cornelis Johannes | Director | 2020-08-06 | 2023-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-10-30 | Active |
| Dolby Laboratories International Services, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.