P.C. Henderson Limited
Registered name: P.C. HENDERSON LIMITED
Part of Assa Abloy Ab groupP.C. Henderson Limited made £8.1m revenue and a £460k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
P.C. Henderson Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £8.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £460k and 51 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Durham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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) | £8.9m | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.6m | −£5m | −£5.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | £19k | −£599k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | £751k | £23k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | £778k | −£460k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | £778k | −£460k |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 52 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −19.1% | 9.9% | −5.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 35.7% | 35.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £171k | £151k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | −£32.6k | £15k | −£9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.5% | ▲2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼159.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼1.9% |
| 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
- −5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£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
- ▼2%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Assa Abloy Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Assa Abloy Limited75–100%
- P.C. Henderson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Henderson LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Assa Abloy Global Solutions UK LimitedRev. £61.7m · Profit £5.9m
- Sunray Engineering LimitedRev. £14.9m · Profit £2.9m
- Arran Isle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Assa Abloy Entrance Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- Caldwell Hardware (UK) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Carlisle Brass LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Endcliffe Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Heywood Williams Components LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prestige Fire Door Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Security Products UK 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 −£460k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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