Bridgethorne Limited
Registered name: BRIDGETHORNE LIMITED
Part of Iqvia Holdings Inc. groupBridgethorne Limited made £696k revenue and a £607k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bridgethorne Limited’s revenue was £696k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £607k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- 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. From the filing: “At the balance sheet date, the Company is a 100% subsidiary undertaking of Ceuta Holdings Limited. Ceuta Holdings was acquired by IQVIA Ltd on 2 May 2024. At that date IQVIA Holdings Inc. became the u”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £2m | — | £696k |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £1.5m | £1.2m | −£1m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £509k | — | −£333k |
| Operating profit | −£282k | £38k | — | −£845k |
| Profit before tax | −£245k | £100k | −£351k | −£837k |
| Profit after tax | −£214k | £96k | −£262k | −£607k |
| Profit (best available) | −£214k | £96k | −£262k | −£607k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £975k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 6 | 15 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.3% | 4.8% | — | −87.2% |
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 25.2% | — | −47.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £337k | — | £58k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.9k | £16k | −£17.5k | −£50.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼49.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼77.8% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £353k | £133k | £230k | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £614k | £352k | — |
| Fixed assets | £72k | £23k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £925k | £1.1m | — |
| Debtors | £803k | £542k | £661k | — |
| Deferred income | £535k | £180k | £400k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −87.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −47.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£50.6k
- 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
- —
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Iqvia Holdings Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Iqvia Ies European Holdings75–100%
- Ceuta Holdings Limited75–100%
- Bridgethorne Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- 1HQ LimitedRev. — · Profit −£222k
- Ceuta Healthcare LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.3m
- Ceuta International LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Click Consult LimitedRev. — · Profit −£129k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£607k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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