The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited
Registered name: THE HELPING HAND COMPANY (LEDBURY) LIMITED
Part of Ray Dutch Holding Iv B.V. groupThe Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited made £20.8m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024. read from filing text
The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £20.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £1.7m profit and 204 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Ledbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ledbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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: “In September 2024, a parent company of The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited was acquired and is indirectly owned by investment vehicles of certain private investment funds sponsored by Platinum ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19m | £19.7m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.3m | £10.1m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £9.6m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £7.1m | £7.3m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 195 | 193 | 204 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 9% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 51.2% | 48.9% | 52.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.2k | £102k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £9.2k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.9% | ▼1.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▲5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £915k | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £7.2m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £8.5m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.1m | £867k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 204
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £867k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £2m
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
- Ray Dutch Holding Iv B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sunrise Medical (UK) NO.1 Limited75–100%
- Sunrise Medical Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- James Leckey Design LimitedRev. £19.9m · Profit £3.8m
- RGK Wheelchairs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sunrise Medical (China) No 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sunrise Medical 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 30 Jun 2024 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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