Purpose Bidco Limited
Registered name: PURPOSE BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Purpose Topco Limited groupPurpose Bidco Limited made £164k revenue and a £2.9m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Purpose Bidco Limited’s revenue was £164k in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with a loss of £2.9m and 5 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £92.7k | £164k |
| Gross profit | £92.7k | £164k |
| Operating profit | −£2.1k | £7.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | −£2.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.3m | −£2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.3m | −£2.9m |
| Staff costs | £88.5k | £156k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2430% | −1750% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.5k | £32.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£450k | −£574k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | −£2.2m | −£5.1m |
| Current assets | £9m | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £9m | £11.2m |
| Deferred income | £305k | £351k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1750%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £32.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£574k
- 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
- 213.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6801%
- 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 −£5.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £351k
- 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
- Purpose Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Purpose Midco Limited75–100%
- Purpose Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mowgli Street Food Group LimitedRev. £298k · Profit −£149k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit −£2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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