Dillistone Group plc AIM:DSG
- Incorporated
- United Kingdom
- Chief executive
- Jason Starr
- Employees
- 50
- Reports in
- GBP
- Companies House
- 04578125
Read straight from the annual reports
16.5p at close on 5 Oct 2026 · 11 reported years, 2015–2025
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11 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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Recurring/SaaS and support revenue, 89% of Group revenue
Recurring revenues represented 89% (2024: 90%) of Group revenue, equating to 122% of administration plus cost of sales expenses excluding depreciation/amortisation/exceptionals
page 3New business win rate improving
New business orders in FY25 were up 12% over the previous year
page 8Adjusted EBITDA margin improvement
Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 28.3% (2024: 26.2%), the fourth consecutive year of margin increase, more than double the 13.2% level in FY2021
page 11Gross margin compression
Gross margin reduced marginally to 89.5% from 89.7% in FY2024
page 11£43k charge: Reorganisation and other costs (severance and loss of office payments)
page 662026 will be a year of change for the Group as we transition from being solely focused on recruitment software to adopting a dynamic strategy, seeking opportunities for acquisition led growth.
page 6Post year-end equity raise of £1.5m (c.£1.4m net of fees) completed, 15,000,000 new ordinary shares issued at 10p (42.4% of enlarged share capital), admission 25 February 2026, bringing in new investors (P&R Real Value / Matthias Riechert and Aakash Vanchi Nath)
page 89No final dividend recommended for the year ended 31 December 2025 (2024: nil). No dividends paid in 2025 or 2024
page 6Directors adopted the going concern basis; auditor Crowe U.K. LLP gave an unqualified opinion (true and fair view, properly prepared under UK-adopted IAS and Companies Act 2006) with no material uncertainty identified relating to going concern. Key audit matters: revenue recognition, capitalised development costs, and carrying value of investments in subsidiaries/goodwill/intangibles. Group materiality was £43,000 (1% of revenue; 2024: £49,000)
page 36- General Economic Risk - recruitment industry's cyclicality significantly impacts revenuep.15
- New Software Development Risk - risk new applications/features fail to function as expected, damaging reputation or revenuep.15
- Ability to source new or retain existing talent - reliance on specialist skills, with some products reliant on small numbers of highly skilled individualsp.15
- Attrition of Customer Base - failure to attract new customers or loss of existing customers could reduce revenuep.16
Read from C000376-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 2 May 2027