Hill Biscuits Limited
Registered name: HILL BISCUITS LIMITED
Part of Cerealto Spain Foods S.A.U. groupHill Biscuits Limited made £39.5m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hill Biscuits Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £39.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 345 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Ashton-Under-Lyne; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashton-Under-Lyne, North West
- Age
- 120 yrs · since 1906
- 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. From the filing: “At 31 December 2025 the Company's immediate parent company was Ginger Acquisition Company Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with registered number 10442691, by virtue of owning 100% o”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £26.3m | £38m | £43.7m | £39.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £21.5m | £28.9m | £32.7m | £29m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.9m | £9.1m | £11m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | −£475k | −£251k | £2.4m | £3.3m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£541k | −£339k | £2.2m | £3m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | −£852k | −£199k | £1.8m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£852k | −£199k | £1.8m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £7.6m | £10.6m | £12.1m | £11.2m |
| Employees (average) | 278 | 252 | 338 | 367 | 345 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | −0.8% | 4.8% | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 18.6% | 23.9% | 25.2% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.9k | £105k | £112k | £119k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.1k | −£791 | £5.4k | £8.1k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▲44.3% | ▲14.9% | ▼9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲60.6% | ▼22.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.3% | ▲34.1% | ▲8.6% | ▼6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £35.1k | £210k | £112k | £2m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.1m | £8.1m | £11m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £9.3m | £8.9m | £8.8m | £9.2m | £9.1m |
| Current assets | £6m | £7.2m | £9m | £12.9m | £11.6m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £4.4m | £4.6m | £4.8m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £454k | £652k | £1.1m | £883k | £586k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 345
- Deferred income
- ▼34%
- Now £586k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £9.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cerealto Spain Foods S.A.U. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cerealto UK Limited75–100%
- Ginger Acquisition Company Limited75–100%
- Hill Biscuits 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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