Babcock International Limited
Registered name: BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Babcock International Group PLC groupBabcock International Limited made £40.4m revenue and a £17.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Babcock International Limited’s revenue fell 43% to £40.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £17.2m and 95 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 126 yrs · since 1900
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £71.3m | £70.7m | £40.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£40.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£11.5m | −£14.9m | −£5.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£13.3m | −£27.2m | −£22.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£13.3m | −£27.3m | −£17.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.3m | −£27.3m | −£17.2m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 125 | 95 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −18.7% | −38.6% | −42.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | £548k | £566k | £426k |
| Profit per employee | −£103k | −£218k | −£181k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼42.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼24% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −42.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £426k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£181k
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now 95
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Babcock International Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Babcock (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Babcock Holdings Limited75–100%
- Babcock International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Babcock IP Management (Number One) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock IP Management (Number Two) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hiberna LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Babcock Aviation Services (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock Corporate Secretaries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock Information Analytics and Security LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock Investments (Number Four) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock Marine Holdings (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Babcock Overseas Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peterhouse Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£17.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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