Bip Solutions Limited
Registered name: BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of B.i.p. (Holdings) Limited groupBip Solutions Limited made £13.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Bip Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £13.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.5m profit and 137 employees. The company is classified under “other information service activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £12m | £12.7m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £6.2m | £6.6m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £5.8m | £6m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £737k | £452k | £595k | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £784k | £591k | £946k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £621k | £618k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £621k | £618k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £6.2m | £6.5m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 147 | 133 | 132 | 137 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 5.1% | 8.4% | 10.6% |
| Gross margin | 54.6% | 48.5% | 47.7% | 50.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.6k | £90.2k | £96k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £4.6k | £8k | £10.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▲5.6% | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▲71.7% | ▲37.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▼0.8% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.3m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £6.5m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £12.8m | £14.2m | £15.9m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £6.3m | £6.7m | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 58.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.7%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 137
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £8.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £1.7m
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
- B.i.p. (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bip Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ingenium Ids LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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