Hawk Bidco Limited
Registered name: HAWK BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Project Hawk Topco Ltd groupHawk Bidco Limited made £40m revenue and a £55m loss in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Hawk Bidco Limited’s revenue was £40m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with a loss of £55m and 270 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.5m | £40m | £40m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.6m | −£13.5m | −£13.7m |
| Gross profit | £24.9m | £26.5m | £26.3m |
| Operating profit | −£16.1m | −£15.6m | −£14.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£46m | −£51.1m | −£55m |
| Profit after tax | −£46.1m | −£51.2m | −£55m |
| Profit (best available) | −£46.1m | −£51.2m | −£55m |
| Employees (average) | 282 | 286 | 270 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −113.7% | −128% | −137.3% |
| Gross margin | 61.5% | 66.2% | 65.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £144k | £140k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | −£163k | −£179k | −£204k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −137.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£204k
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 270
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Project Hawk Topco Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hawk Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Gibson Midco LtdRev. £40m · Profit −£17.2m
- Glide Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit −£55m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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