Blackbird PLC
Registered name: BLACKBIRD PLC
Blackbird PLC made £1.4m revenue in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Blackbird PLC’s revenue fell 14% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with 29 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 36 | 29 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £47.3k | £44.7k | £47.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17% | ▼13.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▼19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £3.2m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £8.8m | £7.5m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £4.6m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £379k | £598k | £408k |
| Deferred income | £570k | £515k | £437k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£2.5m | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.7k
- 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
- 31.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £437k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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