BBF (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: BBF (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of Endless V (GP) LP groupBBF (Holdings) Limited made £226m revenue and £7.7m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025.
BBF (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £226m in the year to 28 Jun 2025, with £7.7m profit and 1,527 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 29 Jun 2023 | 28 Jun 2024 | 29 Jun 2024 | 28 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £222m | £239m | £239m | £226m |
| Cost of sales | −£157m | −£153m | −£153m | −£147m |
| Gross profit | £64.5m | £85.5m | £85.5m | £79.2m |
| Operating profit | −£2.6m | £13.4m | £13.4m | £9.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.3m | £13.1m | £13.1m | £10.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.3m | £9.5m | £9.5m | £7.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.3m | £9.5m | £9.5m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 1,650 | 1,533 | 1,533 | 1,527 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | 4% | 4% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 35.8% | 35.8% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £156k | £156k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | −£2k | £6.2k | £6.2k | £5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.5% | — | ▼5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼18.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | — | ▼0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 1,527
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Endless V (GP) LPultimate parent75–100%
- Cinco Topco Limited75–100%
- Cinco Bidco Limited75–100%
- BBF (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bright Blue Foods LimitedRev. £226m · Profit £8.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Jun 2025 (profit £7.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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