Beagle Bidco Limited
Registered name: BEAGLE BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Permira VIII Investment Platform Limited groupBeagle Bidco Limited made £53.5m revenue and a £17.3m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Beagle Bidco Limited’s revenue grew 30% to £53.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £17.3m and 419 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.1m | £53.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.9m | −£9m |
| Gross profit | £34.1m | £44.5m |
| Operating profit | −£7.7m | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£20.8m | −£17.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£19.2m | −£17.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£19.2m | −£17.3m |
| Employees (average) | 367 | 419 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −46.7% | −32.3% |
| Gross margin | 83.1% | 83.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | −£52.3k | −£41.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −32.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£41.3k
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now 419
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Permira VIII Investment Platform Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eightplatform Xiv Limited75–100%
- Kant Topco Limited75–100%
- Kant Midco Limited75–100%
- Kant Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Kant Bidco Limited75–100%
- Beagle Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Darwin Acquisitions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£17.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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