Baylis & Harding Public Limited Company
Registered name: BAYLIS & HARDING PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Part of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP groupBaylis & Harding Public Limited Company made £7.1m profit in the year to 31 May 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Baylis & Harding Public Limited Company reported £7.1m profit in the year to 31 May 2025, up 30% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in Redditch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch, West Midlands
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Public 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.3m | £61.2m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £43.3m | £47.1m | £49.2m | £50.9m |
| Gross profit | £12.1m | £14.1m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £4.5m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £4.6m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £3.8m | £5.4m | £7.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £3.8m | £5.4m | £7.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £6.7m | £9.3m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 67 | 71 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 6.3% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 23% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £802k | £913k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £40.9k | £57.1k | £76.8k | £92k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.5% | ▲42.4% | ▲30% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲6% | ▲8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £9.1m | £11.3m | £12.1m |
| Net assets | £21.4m | £21.7m | £22.5m | £22.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £5.4m | £6m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | — | £21.9m | £22.7m | £24.6m |
| Debtors | — | £6.2m | £5.9m | £7.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£8m | −£9.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £92k
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £22.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £12.1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £5.6m
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
- Charles Russell Speechlys LLPultimate parent75–100%
- ST Andrew Trustees Limited50–75%
- Baylis & Harding Public Limited Companythis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fuzzy Duck (Armscote) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Beauchamp Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marlborough House Investment Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £891k
- Reliance 1 2023 PTC LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reliance 2 2023 PTC LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sicard 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 May 2025 (profit £7.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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