E.h. Hassell & Sons Limited
Registered name: E.H. HASSELL & SONS LIMITED
Part of Idh Holdings Limited groupE.h. Hassell & Sons Limited made £10.4m revenue and £916k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
E.h. Hassell & Sons Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £10.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £916k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Staffs; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staffs, West Midlands
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1974
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is IDH Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales, registered office: The Glades, Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5SQ.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £10.9m | £13.1m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £7.3m | £8.4m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.7m | £4.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.2m | £3.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.2m | £3.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.4m | £916k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.4m | £916k |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 46 | 50 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.3% | 14.7% | 18.5% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 33.5% | 36% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £238k | £262k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £32.3k | £34.9k | £48.5k | £19.1k |
| Cash conversion | −67.4% | −63.7% | −87.5% | −160.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30% | ▲19.9% | ▼20.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.3% | ▲51% | ▼62.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15% | ▲8.7% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £905k | £830k | £937k | £829k |
| Net assets | £3m | £4m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £987k | £1.2m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £4m | £5.7m | £6m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.8m | £2.8m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £52.1k | £58.7k | £76.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£2.8m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −160.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.7%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £829k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £76.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Idh Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- E.h. Hassell & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hassells Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £916k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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