PH Hull & Sons Limited
Registered name: PH HULL & SONS LIMITED
PH Hull & Sons Limited made £18.2m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
PH Hull & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £18.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3.3m profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Ragdale, Melton Mowbray; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ragdale, Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £13.9m | £15.1m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £8.2m | £8.8m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £5.6m | £6.3m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.5% | 21.2% | 20.6% | 18.3% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 40.7% | 41.8% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £360k | £479k | £503k | £627k |
| Profit per employee | £70.1k | £102k | £104k | £115k |
| Cash conversion | −75.3% | −109.1% | −104.1% | −115.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.1% | ▲8.7% | ▲20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45% | ▲5.8% | ▲6.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.5% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £795k | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £4m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £43.1k | £63.1k | £111k | £267k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£4.1m | −£4.4m | −£5.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £627k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £115k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −115.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- 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 £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▲141%
- Now £267k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Blah Investments Limited 25–50%
- Parcs Investments Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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