Hifi Bidco Limited
Registered name: HIFI BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Hifi Topco Limited groupHifi Bidco Limited made £1.2m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hifi Bidco Limited’s revenue was £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 7 employees. The company is classified under “activities of open-ended investment companies” and is based in Newbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company of HiFi Bidco Limited at 31 December 202”
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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £407k | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £407k | — |
| Operating profit | £12.1k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£942k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£942k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£942k | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £200k | £794k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −231.3% | −109.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £67.9k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | −£157k | −£184k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £1.3m | −£11.4k |
| Fixed assets | £23m | — |
| Current assets | £1.6m | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £389k |
| Deferred income | £32.3k | £498k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −109.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£184k
- 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
- 42.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 33.1%
- 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 −£11.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £498k
- 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
- Hifi Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hifi Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Hifi Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Hifi Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Fidelity Energy LimitedRev. £16.7m · Profit £4.5m
- Etainabl LimitedRev. £739k · Profit £148k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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