Blackout International Limited
Registered name: BLACKOUT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Blackout International Limited made £12.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Blackout International Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.4m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.8m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £9.6m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £672k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £672k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 74 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 5% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 71.6% | 75.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £181k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | — | £9.1k | £17.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 140.7% | 107% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲112.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £2m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £715k | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | £3m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 107%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Blackout LimitedRev. £8.6m · Profit £886k
- Blackout Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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