Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited
Registered name: HARLOW AGRICULTURAL MERCHANTS LIMITED
Part of Ham 2025 Limited groupHarlow Agricultural Merchants Limited made £979k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited reported £979k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025, down 78% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 58 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Bishops Stortford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bishops Stortford, East of England
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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: “There was no overall control held over Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited in either the current or previous year.”
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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £82.7m | £66.7m | — |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £2.3m | £4.4m | £979k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £2.3m | £4.4m | £979k |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 59 | 63 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £34.7k | £38.5k | £69.9k | £16.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.2% | ▲94% | ▼77.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼26.3% | ▲6.8% | ▼7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.4m | £7.1m | £11.4m | £14.4m |
| Net assets | £11.9m | £13.1m | £17.3m | £18.1m |
| Fixed assets | £984k | £1m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £22m | £25m | £23.6m | £27.1m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £6.2m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Deferred income | £156k | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 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
- £16.9k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £18.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £14.4m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ham 2025 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Black Prince Holidays LimitedRev. — · Profit £259k
- Needham Chalks (Ham) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
- The Horse & Country Store 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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £979k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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