Bulkhead Limited
Registered name: BULKHEAD LIMITED
Part of Super Media Group Limited groupBulkhead Limited made £18.5m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bulkhead Limited’s revenue grew 327% to £18.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.3m profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of computer games” and is based in Derby; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £18.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | −£108k | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£285k | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£285k | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£285k | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 107 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.6% | 18% |
| Gross margin | 69.8% | 41.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £44.1k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.9k | £31k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲326.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £338k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £805k | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £972k | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £27.7k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £214k | £217k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲433%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲415%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 107
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £217k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £5.9m
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
- Super Media Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bulkhead Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Darkwave LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.2m
- Lightwave Games 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 2024 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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