Western Bidco Limited
Registered name: WESTERN BIDCO LIMITED
Western Bidco Limited made £83.3m revenue and a £20m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Western Bidco Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £83.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £20m. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £78.1m | £79.8m | £83.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£6m | −£5.6m | −£6.5m |
| Gross profit | £72.1m | £74.2m | £76.8m |
| Operating profit | £13m | £8.8m | £10.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£7.8m | −£20.7m | −£18.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£13.8m | −£20.4m | −£20m |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.8m | −£20.4m | −£20m |
| Employees (average) | 460 | 496 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −17.6% | −25.6% | −24% |
| Gross margin | 92.3% | 92.9% | 92.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £161k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£29.9k | −£41.2k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −24%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Westerleigh WGH LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£20m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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