The Hill Brush Company Ltd
Registered name: THE HILL BRUSH COMPANY LTD
The Hill Brush Company Ltd made £9.8m revenue and a £356k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Hill Brush Company Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £356k and 99 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Mere; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Mere, South West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | −£333k | −£546k |
| Profit before tax | −£458k | −£663k |
| Profit after tax | −£320k | −£356k |
| Profit (best available) | −£320k | −£356k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.1% | −3.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.4k | £99.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.1k | −£3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £30.5k | £54.1k |
| Net assets | £13.6m | £13.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.6m | £11.2m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £253k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 113.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £13.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲77%
- Now £54.1k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £11.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Hill Brush Co (Mere)Figures 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£356k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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