Brandling Ventures Ltd
Registered name: BRANDLING VENTURES LTD
Part of Alcuin Capital Partners LLP groupBrandling Ventures Ltd made £22.6m revenue and a £869k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Brandling Ventures Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £22.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £869k and 89 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in North Shields; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Shields, North East
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £22.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.1m | −£10.8m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | −£7.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£9.5m | −£7.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£9.7m | −£869k |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.7m | −£869k |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −47.3% | −3.9% |
| Gross margin | 46% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £190k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | −£89.7k | −£9.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.8k
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alcuin Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Alcuin GP V LLP75–100%
- Pearl Topco Limited75–100%
- Pearl Bidco Limited75–100%
- Brandling Ventures Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Oddballs Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£869k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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