Credit Reporting Agency (Bidco) Limited
Registered name: CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY (BIDCO) LIMITED
Part of Credit Reporting Agency (Holdco) Limited groupCredit Reporting Agency (Bidco) Limited made £0 revenue and £9.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Credit Reporting Agency (Bidco) Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £9.6m profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “activities of credit bureaus” and is based in Truro; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Truro, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£8.1k | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £3m | £9.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.2m | £3m | £9.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.2m | £3m | £9.6m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £1.4m | £988k | £2.4m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼29% | ▲225.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £347 | £91 | £866 |
| Net assets | £31.7m | £32m | £32m |
| Current assets | £347 | £398k | £8.4m |
| Debtors | — | £398k | £8.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4m
- 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
- 0%
- Now £32m
- Cash at bank
- ▲852%
- Now £866
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Credit Reporting Agency (Holdco) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Credit Reporting Agency (Bidco) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Credit Reporting Agency LimitedRev. £33.8m · Profit £8.7m
- Checkmyfile LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Credit Reporting Agency (Ebt) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £9.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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