Babble Cloud Limited
Registered name: BABBLE CLOUD LIMITED
Part of Dvorak Bidco Limited groupBabble Cloud Limited made £85.3m revenue and £8.6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Babble Cloud Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £85.3m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £8.6m profit and 467 employees. The company is classified under “wired telecommunications activities” and is based in Basildon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £92.4m | £85.3m |
| Cost of sales | £51m | £48.5m |
| Gross profit | £41.4m | £36.8m |
| Operating profit | £8.5m | £7.1m |
| Profit before tax | £9.1m | £8.6m |
| Profit after tax | £9.1m | £8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.1m | £8.6m |
| Staff costs | £18.7m | £20.7m |
| Employees (average) | 495 | 467 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 44.8% | 43.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £18.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £6.4m |
| Net assets | £8.7m | £17.3m |
| Fixed assets | £7.2m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £49.6m | £51.5m |
| Debtors | £13.3m | £9.5m |
| Deferred income | £9.5m | £10m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲98%
- Now £17.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲135%
- Now £6.4m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 467
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £10m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dvorak Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Babble Cloud Holdings Limited75–100%
- Babble Cloud Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Babble Cloud (MD) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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