Freshfields LLP
Registered name: FRESHFIELDS LLP
Freshfields LLP made £2.2bn revenue and £649m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Freshfields LLP’s revenue grew 6% to £2.2bn in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £649m profit. The company is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8bn | £2.1bn | £2.2bn |
| Operating profit | £459m | £643m | £664m |
| Profit before tax | £726m | £669m | £657m |
| Profit after tax | £726m | £665m | £649m |
| Profit (best available) | £726m | £665m | £649m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 40.5% | 31.4% | 28.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.3% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.4% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 28.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Freshfields (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Freshfields International LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £649m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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