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Company No. 01384830 · Incorporated 18 Aug 1978

Roy Hatfield Limited

Registered name: ROY HATFIELD LIMITED

Part of Roy Hatfield (Holdings) Limited group

Roy Hatfield Limited made £16m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text

Roy Hatfield Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £16m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £2.1m profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38320Recovery of sorted materialsSIC 46720Wholesale of metals and metal ores
Status
Active
Location
Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
48 yrs · since 1978
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 controlling parties are Mr G Hatfield and Mr M Hatfield.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£16m
Growth ▼11.5%
Profit
£2.1m
Growth ▲14.5%
Profit margin
13.3%
Gross 24.7%
Employees
38
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£56.2k
Revenue/employee £421k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Oct 202231 Oct 202331 Oct 202431 Oct 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.2m£14.3m£18.1m£16m
Cost of sales£10.4m£10.5m£14.1m£12.1m
Gross profit£2.8m£3.8m£4m£4m
Operating profit£1m£2m£2.3m£2.6m
Profit before tax£958k£2m£2.4m£2.6m
Profit after tax£716k£1.7m£1.9m£2.1m
Profit (best available)£716k£1.7m£1.9m£2.1m
Staff costs£1.7m£1.8m£1.4m£1.6m
Employees (average)44473838
Ratios
Profit margin5.4%11.5%10.3%13.3%
Gross margin21.1%26.9%22%24.7%
Revenue per employee£301k£305k£476k£421k
Profit per employee£16.3k£35.2k£49.1k£56.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲8.3%▲26.2%▼11.5%
Profit growth—▲130.7%▲12.9%▲14.5%
Headcount growth—▲6.8%▼19.1%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£5m£5m£117k£940k
Net assets£6.1m£7.6m£9.3m£11.3m
Fixed assets£1.2m£1.3m£1.6m£1.9m
Current assets£8.4m£8.9m£11.9m£13m
Debtors£2.7m£2.3m£3.9m£2.6m
Deferred income£155k£61.5k£123k£174k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
13.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
24.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£421k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£56.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲21%
Now £11.3m
Cash at bank
▲705%
Now £940k
Headcount
0%
Now 38
Deferred income
▲41%
Now £174k
Fixed assets
▲16%
Now £1.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Roy Hatfield (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Roy Hatfield Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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