Hessle Dock Company Limited
Registered name: HESSLE DOCK COMPANY LIMITED
Hessle Dock Company Limited made £1.8m revenue and £171k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hessle Dock Company Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £171k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in East Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £177k | £208k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £179k | £236k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £146k | £226k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £77.2k | £171k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £77.2k | £171k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.3% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 87.8% | 88.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £104k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £5.5k | £13.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲21.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲122% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £162k | £105k | £135k | £164k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 105.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 139.9%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £164k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £171k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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