HBVB
HBVB made £61.4m revenue and £71.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
HBVB’s revenue was £61.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £71.6m profit and 5,368 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Peterborough.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£46.5m |
| Gross profit | £15m |
| Operating profit | £13.4m |
| Profit before tax | £75.6m |
| Profit after tax | £71.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £71.6m |
| Employees (average) | 5,368 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 116.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £11.4k |
| Profit per employee | £13.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 116.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- 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 5,368
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Bauer Consumer Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bauer Global Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bauer Radio LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £71.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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