Blackline Safety Europe Ltd
Registered name: BLACKLINE SAFETY EUROPE LTD
Blackline Safety Europe Ltd made £11.4m revenue and £174k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Blackline Safety Europe Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £174k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts” and is based in Colchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “At the year end, the Company's immediate and ultimate parent undertaking was Blackline Safety Corp., which is incorporated in the province of Alberta in Canada. The smallest and largest group of under”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £11.4m |
| Profit after tax | £199k | £174k |
| Profit (best available) | £199k | £174k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £193k | £190k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £642k |
| Net assets | −£4.4m | −£4.2m |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £7.5m |
| Deferred income | £3.9m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | £187k | −£934k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £190k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 34.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 −£4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £642k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Oct 2025 (profit £174k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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