Bolt Services UK Limited
Registered name: BOLT SERVICES UK LIMITED
Bolt Services UK Limited made £488m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bolt Services UK Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £488m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.7m and 134 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £238m | £520m | £488m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £221m | −£375m | −£411m |
| Gross profit | £14.4m | £16.5m | £145m | £76.8m |
| Operating profit | £568k | −£47.5m | £7.7m | −£2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £541k | −£47.6m | £8.3m | £133k |
| Profit after tax | £289k | −£47.3m | £7.7m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £289k | −£47.3m | £7.7m | −£2.7m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £11.7m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 141 | 132 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | −19.9% | 1.5% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 6.9% | 27.9% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £1.7m | £3.9m | £3.6m |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | −£335k | £58.2k | −£19.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1556% | ▲118.6% | ▼6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16468% | — | ▼134.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲63.9% | ▼6.4% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £388k | £25.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | −£44.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £268k | £247k | — | — |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £35.4m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2m | £4.2m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £210k | £389k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.9k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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