Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited
Registered name: HANSON QUARRY PRODUCTS EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Heidelberg Materials Ag groupHanson Quarry Products Europe Limited made £1.1bn revenue and £79.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £79.3m profit and 2,090 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead
- Age
- 91 yrs · since 1935
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £985m | £1.1bn | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£895m |
| Operating profit | £77.6m | −£213m | £41.9m |
| Profit before tax | £162m | £145m | £108m |
| Profit after tax | £153m | £106m | £79.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £153m | £106m | £79.3m |
| Employees (average) | 2,259 | 2,181 | 2,090 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.5% | 9.6% | 7.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £436k | £505k | £518k |
| Profit per employee | £67.6k | £48.5k | £37.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.7% | ▼25.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £518k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.9k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 2,090
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Heidelberg Materials Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Heidelberg Materials UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Lehigh UK Limited75–100%
- Hanson Limited75–100%
- Hanson Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hanson Holdings (3) Limited75–100%
- Uds (No 10)75–100%
- Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (8)
- Balla Homes LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bristol & Avon Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charterneed LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cumbrian Industrials LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Habfield LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hanson Building Materials Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mick George LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Midland Quarry Products 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 £79.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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