BBD Software Ltd
Registered name: BBD SOFTWARE LTD
BBD Software Ltd made £3.2m revenue and a £232k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2026. read from filing text
BBD Software Ltd’s revenue fell 19% to £3.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with a loss of £232k and 16 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.1m | £4m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.6m | £1.3m | £506k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £191k | −£72.1k | −£236k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £191k | −£71.4k | −£232k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £191k | −£71.4k | −£232k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £191k | −£71.4k | −£232k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.6% | −1.8% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 61.9% | 68.2% | 84.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £317k | £249k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.7k | −£4.5k | −£14.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼3.1% | ▼19.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼137.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲83.3% | ▲18.2% | ▲23.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £171k | £405k | £765k | £398k | £301k |
| Net assets | −£373k | −£434k | −£243k | −£314k | −£547k |
| Fixed assets | £4.5k | £7.7k | £9.1k | £7.3k | £10.6k |
| Current assets | £816k | £979k | £1.5m | £902k | £892k |
| Debtors | £370k | £566k | £754k | £169k | £92.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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 −£547k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £301k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £10.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit −£232k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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