Caribou Bidco Limited
Registered name: CARIBOU BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Caribou Topco (Jersey) Limited groupCaribou Bidco Limited made £164m revenue and a £8.6m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Caribou Bidco Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £164m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £8.6m and 701 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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.
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 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £117m | £143m | £164m |
| Cost of sales | −£7.6m | −£9.3m | −£10.1m |
| Gross profit | £110m | £134m | £154m |
| Operating profit | £13m | £38m | £46.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£19.9m | −£20.2m | −£8.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£17.6m | −£16.8m | −£8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£17.6m | −£16.8m | −£8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 641 | 587 | 701 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −15% | −11.7% | −5.2% |
| Gross margin | 93.5% | 93.5% | 93.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £244k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | −£27.4k | −£28.7k | −£12.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▲14.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.4% | ▲19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.2k
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now 701
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Caribou Topco (Jersey) Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Caribou Midco I Limited75–100%
- Caribou Midco II Limited75–100%
- Caribou Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tes Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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