Universally Speaking Bidco Limited
Registered name: UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Usq Holdings Limited groupUniversally Speaking Bidco Limited made £1m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Universally Speaking Bidco Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.8m profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Wyboston; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wyboston, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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. From the filing: “The company’s immediate controlling party is Universally Speaking Midco Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | −£112k | £14.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £947k | £856k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −113.5% | 277.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | −£183k | £470k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £804 | £7k |
| Net assets | −£2.9m | −£58.5k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £7k |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £0 |
| Deferred income | £12.5k | £62.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 277.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £470k
- 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
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£58.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲771%
- Now £7k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲400%
- Now £62.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Usq Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Universally Speaking Topco Limited75–100%
- Universally Speaking Midco Limited75–100%
- Universally Speaking Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Universally Speaking LimitedRev. £10.2m · Profit £699k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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