Hood Topco Limited
Registered name: HOOD TOPCO LIMITED
Hood Topco Limited made £294m revenue and a £88m loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Hood Topco Limited’s revenue was £294m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £88m and 1,829 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £281m | £292m | £294m |
| Cost of sales | −£224m | −£238m | −£240m |
| Gross profit | £57.2m | £54.6m | £53.3m |
| Operating profit | −£8.8m | −£29.8m | −£59.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£31.6m | −£56.7m | −£87.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£35.7m | −£56m | −£88m |
| Profit (best available) | −£35.7m | −£56m | −£88m |
| Employees (average) | 1,606 | 1,878 | 1,829 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −12.7% | −19.2% | −30% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 18.7% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £175k | £156k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | −£22.2k | −£29.8k | −£48.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.9% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −30%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£48.1k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 1,829
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hood Pikco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£88m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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