Headfirst Global PLC
Registered name: HEADFIRST GLOBAL PLC
Headfirst Global PLC made £2.9bn revenue and a £116m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Headfirst Global PLC’s revenue grew 12% to £2.9bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £116m and 1,617 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Luton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2bn | £2.6bn | £2.9bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1bn | −£2.4bn | −£2.7bn |
| Gross profit | £66.5m | £202m | £237m |
| Operating profit | −£14m | −£44.4m | −£41.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£35.3m | −£124m | −£126m |
| Profit after tax | −£26.5m | −£114m | −£116m |
| Profit (best available) | −£26.5m | −£114m | −£116m |
| Employees (average) | — | 1,451 | 1,617 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | −4.4% | −4% |
| Gross margin | 5.6% | 7.8% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£78.6k | −£71.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲119.6% | ▲12.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲11.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£71.5k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 1,617
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Vertage LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£116m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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