Ballinger & Co. Ltd
Registered name: BALLINGER & CO. LTD
Part of Ballinger Group Holdings (UK) Ltd groupBallinger & Co. Ltd made £8.3m revenue and £318k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ballinger & Co. Ltd’s revenue fell 60% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £318k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £29.7m | £20.9m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £13.3m | −£7.9m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £16.4m | £13.1m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £10.3m | £4.9m | −£156k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £11.2m | £5.8m | £449k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £8.6m | £4.2m | £318k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £8.6m | £4.2m | £318k |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 36 | 43 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 29.1% | 20.1% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 37.1% | 55.2% | 62.4% | 67.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £689k | £825k | £487k | — |
| Profit per employee | £82.3k | £240k | £97.9k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲59.7% | ▼29.5% | ▼60.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲288.6% | ▼51.2% | ▼92.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲19.4% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £7.8m | — | £7.3m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £15.4m | — | £20m |
| Fixed assets | £562k | £783k | — | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £17m | £42.4m | — | £42m |
| Debtors | £12.3m | £32m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 79%
- 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 £20m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £7.3m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £6.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ballinger Group Holdings (UK) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ballinger & Co. Ltdthis 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £318k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026