Goodman Bidco Limited
Registered name: GOODMAN BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Fpe Capital LLP groupGoodman Bidco Limited made £2.1m revenue and a £2.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Goodman Bidco Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.9m and 8 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 3 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: “FPE Capital LLP is the company's ultimate controlling party, a limited liability partnership whose registered”
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) | £525k | £2m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | −£93.2k | £106k | £17.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£3.8m | −£3.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Staff costs | £439k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −230.6% | −139.5% | −140% |
| Revenue per employee | £175k | £340k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | −£404k | −£474k | −£364k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £237k |
| Net assets | −£1.2m | −£4.1m | −£7m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £4.2m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £4.2m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £899k | £3.2m | £5.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −140%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£364k
- 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
- 251.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 303.6%
- 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 −£7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £237k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲65%
- Now £5.2m
- 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
- Fpe Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Fpe Private Equity I Limited75–100%
- Fpe III GP LLP75–100%
- Goodman Topco Limited75–100%
- Goodman Midco Limited75–100%
- Goodman Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Brightbridge Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elevate 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Noblue2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Viridian Solutions 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 −£2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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