Bullhorn, International Limited
Registered name: BULLHORN, INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Bullhorn, International Limited made £64.2m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Bullhorn, International Limited’s revenue was £64.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.5m and 253 employees. The company is classified under “other information service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “The Parent Company of Bullhorn International Limited is Bullhorn, Inc, a company incorporated in the US, and its registered office is 100 Summer Street, 17th Floor, Boston, MA 02110.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.4m | £53.7m | £64.4m | £64.2m |
| Cost of sales | £19.4m | £24.2m | £26.4m | £24.8m |
| Gross profit | £18.9m | £29.5m | £38m | £39.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | £746k | −£2.3m | −£2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | £745k | −£2.2m | −£2.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2m | £88.6k | −£2.3m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2m | £88.6k | −£2.3m | −£2.5m |
| Staff costs | £14.9m | £21.6m | £23.8m | £23.1m |
| Employees (average) | 177 | 240 | 263 | 253 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.2% | 0.2% | −3.5% | −3.8% |
| Gross margin | 49.3% | 55% | 59% | 61.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £217k | £224k | £245k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.3k | £369 | −£8.7k | −£9.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −866% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.1% | ▲19.9% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼2677% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲35.6% | ▲9.6% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £7.3m | £5.2m | £7.4m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.9m | £565k | −£1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £29.8m | £41.2m | £51.2m | £63.1m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £5.4m | £7.2m | £7m | £8.8m |
| Cash from operations | £794k | −£6.5m | £874k | −£3.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▼396%
- Now −£1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £7.4m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- ▲25%
- Now £8.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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