BBC Commercial Limited
Registered name: BBC COMMERCIAL LIMITED
Part of British Broadcasting Corporation groupBBC Commercial Limited made £2.2bn revenue and £71m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
BBC Commercial Limited’s revenue was £2.2bn in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £71m profit and 4,059 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9bn | £2.2bn | £2.2bn |
| Operating profit | −£56m | £82m | £140m |
| Profit before tax | £171m | £58m | £101m |
| Profit after tax | £218m | £65m | £71m |
| Profit (best available) | £218m | £65m | £71m |
| Employees (average) | 4,184 | 4,242 | 4,059 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.7% | 3% | 3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £444k | £508k | £531k |
| Profit per employee | £52.1k | £15.3k | £17.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.9% | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.2% | ▲9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £531k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.5k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 4,059
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- BBC Commercial Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- BBC Studios LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Studioworks LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- BBC Clann LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC News Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC News Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC World Service Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £71m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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