Roy Hatfield Limited
Registered name: ROY HATFIELD LIMITED
Part of Roy Hatfield (Holdings) Limited groupRoy 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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 44 | 47 | 38 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 11.5% | 10.3% | 13.3% |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Roy Hatfield (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Roy Hatfield Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Hatfield Energy LtdRev. £40.5m · Profit £2m
- Hatfield Site Services LtdFigures 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 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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