Project Ardent Bidco Limited
Registered name: PROJECT ARDENT BIDCO LIMITED
Project Ardent Bidco Limited made £1.8bn revenue and £12.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Project Ardent Bidco Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £1.8bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.3m profit and 9,990 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8bn | £1.9bn | £1.8bn |
| Operating profit | £31.8m | £83.9m | £26.8m |
| Profit before tax | £31.5m | £82.8m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £35.1m | £77.7m | £12.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £35.1m | £77.7m | £12.3m |
| Employees (average) | 10,269 | 10,393 | 9,990 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 4.1% | 0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £181k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £7.5k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲121.7% | ▼84.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 9,990
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Amey UK LimitedRev. £1.8bn · Profit £73.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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