Brightpearl Limited
Registered name: BRIGHTPEARL LIMITED
Part of The Sage Group PLC. groupBrightpearl Limited made £15.5m revenue and a £13.3m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Brightpearl Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £15.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £13.3m and 101 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | −£14.6m | −£9m |
| Profit before tax | −£14.4m | −£13.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£14.4m | −£13.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£14.4m | −£13.3m |
| Staff costs | £9.6m | £9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 104 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −100.5% | −85.7% |
| Gross margin | 75.9% | 79.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £154k |
| Profit per employee | −£139k | −£132k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £702k | £309k |
| Net assets | −£46m | −£59.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.6m | £9.7m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £859k | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −85.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £154k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£132k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£59.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £309k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲46%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £9.7m
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
- The Sage Group PLC.ultimate parent75–100%
- Sage Holding Company Limited75–100%
- Brightpearl Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Sage People LimitedRev. £30.8m · Profit £5.9m
- HR Bakery LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Ocrex UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sage (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sage Far East Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £392k
- Sage Global Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sage Online Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £12.8m
- Sage Overseas Limited.Figures not disclosed
- SagesoftRev. — · Profit £233m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£13.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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