DISPLAYLINK (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-26 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
-61.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
-44.3% vs 2024
Employees
60
-45.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£116M
-33.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DISPLAYLINK (UK) LIMITED 2006-11-03 → present
- NEWNHAM RESEARCH LIMITED 2003-06-25 → 2006-11-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,555,371 | £15,058,633 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,287,974 | -£3,347,433 | |
| Profit before tax | £174,704,812 | £116,000,415 | |
| Net profit | £177,063,239 | £114,124,751 | |
| Cash | £35,454,188 | £13,577,005 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,385,687 | £24,726,372 | |
| Net assets | £44,385,687 | £24,726,372 | |
| Equity | £44,385,687 | £24,726,372 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 60 | |
| Wages | £8,286,067 | £8,117,302 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -106.3% | -22.2% | |
| Net margin | 1532.3% | 757.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -27.7% | -13.5% | |
| Current ratio | 14.41x | 8.48x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have assessed the company's ability to continue as a going concern for the 12-month period post signing of the financial statements to December 2026. Based on this assessment, they have concluded that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In reaching this conclusion, the directors have also taken into account the letter of support provided by the group, which reinforces the company's financial stability.”
Group structure
- DISPLAYLINK (UK) LIMITED · parent
- DisplayLink (Poland) Sp. z.o.o. 100%
- Synaptics Holding GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, DisplayLink UK has signed an agreement effective 2 July 2025 to surrender part of the currently leased unoccupied space in no 22 Cambridge Science Park, its surrender cost included a premium of $0.9m. These costs will be recognized in the financial statements for the next reporting period.”
- “The company has undertaken a restructuring program which has resulted in the redundancy of 15 employees across various departments. This decision was made to streamline operations and improve overall efficiency in response to changing market conditions in order to position the company for future growth. The total cost associated with these redundancies is estimated to be $1.2m, which includes severance payments and other related expenses. These costs will be recognized in the financial statements for the next reporting period.”
- “Termination benefits are recognised as a liability and expense in profit or loss when the company is demonstrably committed either to terminate the employment of an employee or group of employees before the normal retirement date or to provide termination benefits as a result of an offer made in order to enhance redundancy with mutually agreed legal binding settlement agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDS, Pamela Jean | Director | 2025-09-08 | Jun 1956 | American |
| SONG, Esther Man-Ying | Director | 2024-04-17 | Jun 1970 | American |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Dean | Secretary | 2023-10-23 | 2024-04-17 |
| GIBSON, Guy Robert Stewart | Secretary | 2008-11-28 | 2011-03-21 |
| HEYDON, Michelle Louise | Secretary | 2004-07-12 | 2005-05-31 |
| KELLET, Iain | Secretary | 2007-02-09 | 2008-01-25 |
| LEDZION, Michael Donald | Secretary | 2008-02-08 | 2008-07-04 |
| LEE, John | Secretary | 2011-06-22 | 2020-07-31 |
| MARTYN, John Hocken | Secretary | 2005-05-31 | 2007-02-09 |
| MCFARLAND, John | Secretary | 2020-07-31 | 2023-10-23 |
| MELIKAN, Rose Anne, Dr | Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2004-07-12 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2003-06-25 |
| BUTLER, Dean Warren | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2024-04-17 |
| DUNCAN, Alan George | Director | 2006-07-18 | 2020-07-31 |
| ENSLEY, Craig Houston | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2011-06-30 |
| EVANS, William Mark | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2020-07-31 |
| FARZANEH, Hamid | Director | 2006-05-11 | 2009-05-22 |
| GIBSON, Martin Charles | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2009-02-26 |
| HAPPEL III, Henry Howard | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2020-07-31 |
| HARGREAVES, David Michael | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2025-08-20 |
| JACKSON, Martin Kirk | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2020-07-31 |
| KING, Martin Towle | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2004-11-18 |
| KOCH, Hans-Dieter Otto, Dr | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2020-07-31 |
| LEDZION, Michael Donald | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2006-05-11 |
| MCFARLAND, John Thomas | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2023-10-23 |
| MOORING, David | Director | 2006-07-18 | 2020-07-31 |
| O'KEEFFE, Graham William | Director | 2011-06-22 | 2020-07-31 |
| O'KEEFFE, Graham William | Director | 2009-02-26 | 2011-03-08 |
| SCHROECK, Maximilian, Dr | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2014-01-31 |
| STAFFORD-FRASER, James Quentin, Dr | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2005-05-31 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-06-25 | 2003-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synaptics Incorporated | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-31 | Active |
| Esprit Capital Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-28 vs 2024-06-29
-
Turnover
+30.3%
£11,555,371 £15,058,633
-
Cash
-61.7%
£35,454,188 £13,577,005
-
Net assets
-44.3%
£44,385,687 £24,726,372
-
Employees
-45.5%
110 60
-
Operating profit
+72.8%
-£12,287,974 -£3,347,433
-
Profit before tax
-33.6%
£174,704,812 £116,000,415
-
Wages
-2%
£8,286,067 £8,117,302
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers