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Company No. 06260621 · Incorporated 29 May 2007

Brightpearl Limited

Registered name: BRIGHTPEARL LIMITED

Part of The Sage Group PLC. group

Brightpearl 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.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62012Business and domestic software development
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£15.5m
Growth ▲8.1%
Profit
−£13.3m
Growth —
Profit margin
−85.7%
Gross 79.2%
Employees
101
Change ▼2.9%
Profit / employee
−£132k
Revenue/employee £154k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)104101
Ratios
Profit margin−100.5%−85.7%
Gross margin75.9%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
—
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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The Sage Group PLC.ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Sage Holding Company Limited75–100%
  3. Brightpearl Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (9)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

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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