Bidco 4 Limited
Registered name: BIDCO 4 LIMITED
Bidco 4 Limited made £12.5m revenue and a £3.8m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bidco 4 Limited’s revenue fell 52% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £3.8m and 65 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35m | £26.3m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£21.9m | −£13.4m | −£5m |
| Gross profit | £13.1m | £12.9m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | −£3.7m | −£4.1m | −£1.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.5m | −£26.8m | −£3.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.8m | −£27.1m | −£3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.8m | −£27.1m | −£3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 119 | 65 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −19.6% | −103% | −30.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.4% | 49% | 59.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £299k | £221k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | −£58.5k | −£228k | −£58.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.7% | ▼52.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼45.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −30.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£58.5k
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Medusa Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ZR International LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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