Summer Bidco Limited
Registered name: SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Cge Partners LLP groupSummer Bidco Limited made £1.7m revenue and a £9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Summer Bidco Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £9m and 7 employees. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Leatherhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leatherhead, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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: “Summer Topco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £659k | £1.4m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£362k | £134k | −£77.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£8.4m | −£8.6m | −£9.4m | −£12m |
| Profit after tax | −£7m | −£6.1m | −£6.7m | −£9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7m | −£6.1m | −£6.7m | −£9m |
| Staff costs | £569k | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1065% | −442.4% | −339.1% | −546.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £277k | £281k | £236k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.8m | −£1.2m | −£954k | −£1.3m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲42.2% | ▼15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲40% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £330k | £348k | £260k | £418k |
| Net assets | −£7m | −£13.1m | −£19.8m | −£28.9m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £4.7m | £1m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £4.4m | £763k | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £73k | £211k | £18k | £19.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −546.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £236k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3m
- 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
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 228.5%
- 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 −£28.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £418k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £19.4k
- 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
- Cge Partners LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Summer Topco Limited75–100%
- Summer Midco Limited75–100%
- Summer Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Datapharm LimitedRev. £13m · Profit £1.8m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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