Berry Bidco Limited
Registered name: BERRY BIDCO LIMITED
Berry Bidco Limited made £136m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Berry Bidco Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £136m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 236 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Albans
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £139m | £136m |
| Cost of sales | −£107m | −£106m |
| Gross profit | £32.1m | £30.4m |
| Operating profit | £815k | £833k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.7m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.7m | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 262 | 236 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £532k | £577k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.2k | −£4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £577k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.6k
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now 236
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Boston LimitedRev. £84.4m · Profit £2m
- Broadberry Data Systems 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 −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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