Bee World UK Limited
Registered name: BEE WORLD UK LIMITED
Bee World UK Limited made £36.8m revenue and a £4.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bee World UK Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £36.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4.2m and 480 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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. From the filing: “The company's parent company is”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £17.9m | £24.9m | £32.6m | £36.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £20.6m | £25.8m | £32m | £34.9m |
| Gross profit | −£2.5m | −£2.7m | −£965k | £662k | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | −£3.7m | −£5.9m | −£4.5m | −£3.8m | −£3.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£4m | −£6.5m | −£5.3m | −£4.6m | −£4.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£4m | −£6.5m | £5.3m | −£4.6m | −£4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4m | −£6.5m | £5.3m | −£4.6m | −£4.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £6m | £7m | £9.5m | £10.6m |
| Employees (average) | 293 | 488 | 499 | 538 | 480 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −36.4% | −36.2% | 21.3% | −14% | −11.3% |
| Gross margin | −22.9% | −15% | −3.9% | 2% | 5.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.6k | £36.7k | £49.8k | £60.7k | £76.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.7k | −£13.3k | £10.6k | −£8.5k | −£8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲62.3% | ▲39% | ▲31.2% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼186.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.5% | ▲2.3% | ▲7.8% | ▼10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £373k | £1.2m | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £2m | −£4.5m | −£9.8m | −£14.4m | −£18.5m |
| Fixed assets | £11.6m | £12.3m | £10.6m | £9.1m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £4.5m | £5.4m | £6.3m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £48k | £601k | £544k | £393k | £416k |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £76.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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 −£18.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 480
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £7.7m
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 Dec 2025 (profit −£4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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