Fern Bidco Limited
Registered name: FERN BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Hgcapital LLP groupFern Bidco Limited made £295m revenue and a £81.9m loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Fern Bidco Limited’s revenue grew 167% to £295m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £81.9m and 1,253 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Shoreham-by-Sea; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shoreham-by-Sea, South East
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £110m | £295m |
| Cost of sales | −£59.5m | −£164m |
| Gross profit | £50.9m | £131m |
| Operating profit | −£15.4m | −£39m |
| Profit before tax | −£31.5m | −£76.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£32.2m | −£81.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£32.2m | −£81.9m |
| Employees (average) | 1,122 | 1,253 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −29.2% | −27.8% |
| Gross margin | 46.1% | 44.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.4k | £235k |
| Profit per employee | −£28.7k | −£65.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲167.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £235k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£65.3k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 1,253
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hgcapital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- HG Genesis 10 Nominees Limited75–100%
- Fern Holdco Limited75–100%
- Fern Midco Limited75–100%
- Fern Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Eclipse (Midco 1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£81.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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