Blackline International Limited
Registered name: BLACKLINE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Blackline Inc groupBlackline International Limited made £12.6m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Blackline International Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.6m and 90 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.9m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £10.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2.5m | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.6m | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.5m | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.5m | −£1.6m |
| Staff costs | £11m | £12m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −19.3% | −12.4% |
| Gross margin | 68.1% | 84.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £140k |
| Profit per employee | −£28.2k | −£17.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £990k | £697k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £10m | £13.1m |
| Debtors | £29k | £6.2k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £697k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £2.4m
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
- Blackline Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Blackline International 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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