Digitalbox plc AIM:DBOX
- Incorporated
- United Kingdom
- Chief executive
- James Carter
- Employees
- 42
- Reports in
- GBP
- Companies House
- 04606754
Read straight from the annual reports
4.8p at close on 5 Oct 2026 · 11 reported years, 2015–2025
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GBP millions, negatives in brackets. Per-share lines in pence, share counts in millions. later is what a following report restated the figure to; vs is a second reading that disagrees. The figure shown is the one the original filing printed, and both readings are kept. Click any figure: opens the report page it was read from, highlighted; shows how it was calculated. The share price above is drawn to the same columns: each close sits over the financial year it fell in.
10 years, at a glance
Dashed: Operating margin, in % on its own scale — read its shape, not its height against the bars.
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Programmatic advertising space sales across owned websites
Revenue by stream split shows 100% of revenue (£3,910k) from 'Advertising space'
page 48Portfolio expansion via acquisitions and organic vertical launches
Portfolio expanded to ten brands across three publishing groups; organic launches (Royal Insider, Reality Shrine, EastEnders Insider, Coronation Street Insider) and June 2025 Life Network asset acquisition
page 6Increased new product development spend on Verticals strategy
New product development spend increased from £79k (2024) to £355k (2025); gross margin fell from 85% to 81%
page 5Reduced head office costs
Adjusted EBITDA before head office costs was £1.5m (2024: £1.8m), but lower head office costs lifted Adjusted EBITDA to £679k from £624k, margin up to 17.4% from 17.1%
page 5Digitalbox today is a more diversified, scalable and strategically coherent business than at any point since listing on AIM in 2019. The Board believes the Group is well positioned to capitalise on structural consolidation within digital publishing and to continue delivering sustainable long-term shareholder returns.
page 3No dividends were paid during 2025 (2024: £Nil); the Board is not recommending the payment of a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2025
page 25Directors adopted the going concern basis; Group had closing net assets of £7,352k, net current assets of £2,534k and cash of £1,820k, generating net cash from operating activities of £22k. Auditor HaysMac LLP (signed by Luke Clark, Senior Statutory Auditor) issued an unqualified opinion stating the financial statements give a true and fair view; concluded no material uncertainty on going concern. Key Audit Matters: fraud risk in revenue recognition (Digitalbox Publishing Limited), impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, and valuation of investments in subsidiaries/intercompany receivables
page 29- Artificial intelligence, detrimental algorithm changes & content policy strikes on platforms used by the Group (gross risk 5, net risk 4 — highest rated)p.11
- Cash flow deterioration from slow/non-payment of receivables or FX fluctuationsp.11
- Cyber attack leading to data/revenue loss or fraudp.12
- Staff retention amid competition for high-quality staffp.12
Read from C000375-AR-2025-ch.
10 annual reports read, FY2016 to FY2025
Open a year to see what its report said. Every line in it carries the page it was read from.
Sources: Companies House (10)
FY2026Next report expected 3 Apr 2027