Host Broadcast Services (HBS) Ltd
Registered name: HOST BROADCAST SERVICES (HBS) LTD
Host Broadcast Services (HBS) Ltd made £14.1m revenue and a £137k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Host Broadcast Services (HBS) Ltd’s revenue was £14.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £137k and 17 employees. The company is classified under “video production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £175k | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £321k | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | −£146k | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£369k | −£46.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£373k | −£43.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£280k | −£137k |
| Profit (best available) | −£280k | −£137k |
| Staff costs | £377k | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −159.7% | −1% |
| Gross margin | −83.4% | 11.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £21.9k | £830k |
| Profit per employee | −£35k | −£8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | −£230k | −£366k |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £6.1m | £4.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | £85.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £830k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8k
- 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
- 33.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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 −£366k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £4.7m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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