Firebird Defected Holdings Limited
Registered name: FIREBIRD DEFECTED HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Firebird Music Limited groupFirebird Defected Holdings Limited made £0 revenue and a £81.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Firebird Defected Holdings Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £81.7k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, 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: “The parent company of Firebird Defected Holdings Limited (formerly known as Optimum Defected Holdings Limited) is Firebird Music Limited and its registered office is 23 Curtain Road, London, England, ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£259k | −£699k | −£1.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£259k | −£3.6m | −£81.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£259k | −£3.6m | −£81.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£259k | −£3.6m | −£81.7k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £16.7m | £13.1m | £13m |
| Debtors | £35.4k | £930 | £1.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £13m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Firebird Music Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Firebird Defected Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Defected Records LimitedRev. £11.3m · Profit £1.9m
- Defected Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glitterbox Recordings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ith Festivals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ith LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Graduation* Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ode Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£81.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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