Searchlight Collections Limited
Registered name: SEARCHLIGHT COLLECTIONS LIMITED
Part of Bristol Wessex Billing Services Limited groupSearchlight Collections Limited made £194k revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Searchlight Collections Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £194k in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £0 profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of collection agencies” and is based in Bath; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £226k | £192k | £194k |
| Cost of sales | £221k | £192k | £194k |
| Gross profit | £5.5k | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | — | — | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £5.5k | £0 | — |
| Profit after tax | £4.5k | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5k | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 2.4% | 0% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £95.8k | £96.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | £0 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.3% | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £67.7k | £67.7k | £67.7k |
| Debtors | £69.5k | £67.7k | £67.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- 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
- 34.9%
- 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 £67.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bristol Wessex Billing Services Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Searchlight Collections Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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