How many employees does Purplebricks Property Limited have?

Purplebricks Property Limited reported an average of 539 employees in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Company No. 14856837 · Incorporated 9 May 2023

Purplebricks Property Limited

Q: Is Purplebricks Property Limited profitable?

No — Purplebricks Property Limited reported a loss of £32.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Registered name: PURPLEBRICKS PROPERTY LIMITED

Purplebricks Property Limited made a £32.7m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).

Purplebricks Property Limited reported a loss of £32.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 539 employees. The company is classified under “real estate agencies” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68310Real estate agencies

Status: Active
Location: London, London
Age: 3 yrs · since 2023
Type: Private Limited Company

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: “As at the”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue

—

Not disclosed in filing

Profit

−£32.7m

Growth —

Profit margin

—

Employees

539

Change —

Profit / employee

−£60.7k

Profitable streak

0yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Mar 2024	31 Mar 2025
Disclosure	Full P&Lread from filing text	Profit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	£21.2m	—
Cost of sales	£19.4m	£23.5m
Gross profit	£1.9m	—
Operating profit	−£22.6m	—
Profit before tax	−£23.5m	−£32.7m
Profit after tax	−£23.5m	−£32.7m
Profit (best available)	−£23.5m	−£32.7m
Staff costs	£23.2m	£24.6m
Employees (average)	720	539
Ratios
Profit margin	−110.5%	—
Gross margin	8.7%	—
Revenue per employee	£29.5k	—
Profit per employee	−£32.6k	−£60.7k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£262k	£283k
Net assets	−£23.5m	−£56.2m
Fixed assets	£50.6k	£0
Current assets	£4.1m	£2.9m
Debtors	£155k	£143k
Deferred income	£1.5m	£2.2m
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026

Derived from the latest filing

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: −£60.7k; 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.

Indirect — not revenue

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 −£56.2m
Cash at bank: —; Now £283k
Headcount: —; Now 539
Deferred income: —; Now £2.2m
Fixed assets: —; Now £0

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Strike Limitedultimate parent75–100%
Purplebricks Property Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

Housesimple LimitedFigures not disclosed
Purplebricks Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Purplebricks Mortgages LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£32.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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