The Bridgeman Art Library International Limited
Registered name: THE BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Bridgeman Art Library Limited(The) groupThe Bridgeman Art Library International Limited made £2.4m revenue and a £229k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
The Bridgeman Art Library International Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £229k and 10 employees. The company is classified under “photographic activities not elsewhere classified”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £32.5k | −£227k | −£223k |
| Profit before tax | £32.5k | −£226k | −£223k |
| Profit after tax | £27.4k | −£229k | −£229k |
| Profit (best available) | £27.4k | −£229k | −£229k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | −9.7% | −9.4% |
| Gross margin | 50.1% | 51.1% | 50.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £296k | £263k | £244k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | −£25.4k | −£22.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11% | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼934.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £126k | £128k | £27.1k |
| Net assets | £622k | £394k | £165k |
| Fixed assets | £4.5k | £2.9k | £1.1k |
| Current assets | £805k | £507k | £310k |
| Debtors | £289k | £162k | £177k |
| Deferred income | £23.2k | £3.8k | £13.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £244k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▼58%
- Now £165k
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £27.1k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▲259%
- Now £13.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼62%
- Now £1.1k
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
- Bridgeman Art Library Limited(The)ultimate parent75–100%
- The Bridgeman Art Library International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Bridgeman Images LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Culturelabel UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Lebrecht LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£229k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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