North Bridge Media Services Ltd
Registered name: NORTH BRIDGE MEDIA SERVICES LTD
North Bridge Media Services Ltd made £4.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
North Bridge Media Services Ltd’s revenue grew 116% to £4.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £2m profit and 108 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 May 2020 | 31 May 2021 | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £537k | £818k | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £284k | £484k | £610k | £887k | £706k | £764k |
| Gross profit | £254k | £335k | £608k | £1.2m | £1.4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £231k | £296k | £547k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £231k | £296k | £547k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £211k | £269k | £272k | £705k | £753k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £211k | £269k | £272k | £705k | £753k | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 82 | 108 |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 39.3% | 32.9% | 22.3% | 34% | 35.7% | 43.3% |
| Gross margin | 47.2% | 40.9% | 49.9% | 57.2% | 66.5% | 83.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £14.9k | £15.7k | £21.4k | £30.9k | £25.7k | £42.2k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £5.2k | £4.8k | £10.5k | £9.2k | £18.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲52.3% | ▲48.9% | ▲70.1% | ▲1.7% | ▲115.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.3% | ▲1.1% | ▲159.3% | ▲6.7% | ▲161.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲44.4% | ▲9.6% | ▲17.5% | ▲22.4% | ▲31.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £847k | £637k | £1m | £1.6m | £2m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £27.5k | £27.5k | £62.6k | £128k | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £62k | £38.7k | £59.7k | £43.8k | £45k | £63k |
| Deferred income | £0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 43.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.2k
- 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
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲52%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 108
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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