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Company No. 04432080 · Incorporated 7 May 2002

Brighttalk Limited

Registered name: BRIGHTTALK LIMITED

Part of Techtarget Holdings, Inc. group

Brighttalk Limited made £8.3m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Brighttalk Limited’s revenue fell 41% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
24 yrs · since 2002
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. From the filing: “TechTarget, Inc.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Revenue
£8.3m
Growth ▼40.8%
Profit
£2m
Growth ▼65.8%
Profit margin
24.6%
Gross 67.4%
Employees
66
Change ▼36.5%
Profit / employee
£31k
Revenue/employee £126k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.7m£14.1m£8.3m
Cost of sales£3.7m£3.7m£2.7m
Gross profit£13.9m£10.4m£5.6m
Operating profit£1.5m£6.1m£1.7m
Profit before tax£2m£6.6m£2.4m
Profit after tax£2.3m£6m£2m
Profit (best available)£2.3m£6m£2m
Staff costs£16.5m£7.4m£4.9m
Employees (average)10510466
Ratios
Profit margin12.9%42.4%24.6%
Gross margin78.8%73.8%67.4%
Revenue per employee£168k£135k£126k
Profit per employee£21.7k£57.5k£31k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼20.3%▼40.8%
Profit growth—▲162.6%▼65.8%
Headcount growth—▼0.9%▼36.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£10.5m£10.5m£2.7m
Net assets£19.2m£25.1m£27.4m
Fixed assets£1.5m£2.2m£2m
Current assets£26.6m£29.9m£30.4m
Debtors£2.4m£2.2m£1.1m
Deferred income£7.7m£4.9m£2m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
24.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
67.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£126k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£31k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
24.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
24.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲9%
Now £27.4m
Cash at bank
▼75%
Now £2.7m
Headcount
▼37%
Now 66
Deferred income
▼58%
Now £2m
Fixed assets
▼8%
Now £2m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Techtarget Holdings, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Brighttalk Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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