Hayley Group Limited
Registered name: HAYLEY GROUP LIMITED
Part of Descours & Caband Sa groupHayley Group Limited made £266m revenue and £18.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hayley Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £266m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £18.1m profit and 1,061 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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.
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £209m | £233m | £244m | £266m |
| Cost of sales | £142m | £153m | −£159m | −£175m |
| Gross profit | £66.7m | £79.7m | £85.2m | £91.2m |
| Operating profit | £15.1m | £19.8m | £17.5m | £16.9m |
| Profit before tax | £19.1m | £24.9m | £22.9m | £22.2m |
| Profit after tax | £16.2m | £20.6m | £18.1m | £18.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.2m | £20.6m | £18.1m | £18.1m |
| Staff costs | £36.9m | £41.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 850 | 918 | 974 | 1,061 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 8.8% | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.9% | 34.2% | 34.9% | 34.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £254k | £251k | £251k |
| Profit per employee | £19k | £22.4k | £18.6k | £17k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▲4.8% | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.4% | ▼12.1% | ▼0.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▲6.1% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8m | £16.1m | — | — |
| Net assets | £73.9m | £77.5m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £27.7m | £29.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £99.7m | £105m | — | — |
| Debtors | £40.9m | £44m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £8.5m | £10.5m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £251k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17k
- 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 1,061
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Descours & Caband Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hayley Group Holding Limited75–100%
- Hayley Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- Advanced Maintenance Supplies LimitedRev. £39.4m · Profit £2.8m
- Bearing Man LimitedRev. £17.3m · Profit £1.5m
- Mercury Holdings (London) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £675k
- Albion Leasing (West Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bearing Transmission and Lubricant Supplies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hayley Bearing Company LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hayley Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hayley-Dirs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swan Industrial Drives LtdFigures not disclosed
- World of Supply LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £18.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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