H.L. Hutchinson Limited
Registered name: H.L. HUTCHINSON LIMITED
Part of Hutchinson Group Limited groupH.L. Hutchinson Limited made £267m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
H.L. Hutchinson Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £267m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.8m profit and 514 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for crop production” and is based in Wisbech; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wisbech
- Age
- 78 yrs · since 1947
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £276m | £262m | £267m |
| Cost of sales | £243m | £236m | £241m |
| Gross profit | £33.5m | £26.6m | £26.6m |
| Operating profit | £10.8m | £8.2m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £14.1m | £11m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £10.5m | £8m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £10.5m | £8m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 455 | 473 | 514 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 10.1% | 10% |
| Revenue per employee | £607k | £555k | £520k |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £16.9k | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.5% | ▼52.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £520k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 514
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hutchinson Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H.L. Hutchinson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Brown Butlin Group Pension Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chemical and Agricultural Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crop Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DKB Crop Protection LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gardiner Icm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Innavisions Developments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Matford Arable Systems (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Produce Packaging LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sustainable Soil Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Farmacy PLCRev. £8m · Profit £105k
- Omnia Digital Services 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 £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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