Higham Press Limited
Registered name: HIGHAM PRESS LIMITED
Higham Press Limited made £468k revenue and £90.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Higham Press Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £468k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £90.5k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Alfreton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alfreton, East Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £548k | £468k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £352k | £317k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £195k | £151k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £146k | £90.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £145k | £90.5k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £145k | £90.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £145k | £90.5k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 26.5% | 19.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.7% | 32.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £60.9k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £16.1k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼37.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £221k | £211k |
| Net assets | £193k | £242k | £358k | £412k |
| Fixed assets | £904k | £1m | £1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £253k | £264k | £313k | £228k |
| Debtors | — | — | £83k | £7.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 217.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £412k
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £211k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £90.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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